Film Quote by Jay Roach Download Open image “I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.” — Jay Roach ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Film Firsts Script Better Scripts Sequels Sequels Earned Should Think Sequels Thinking Unless Script
I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I think sequels are very dangerous if you assume and presume success. I think you have to plan each film as a standalone and… — Hutch Parker Copy Share Image
If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
I think Hollywood is in love with sequels. If it's successful once, just jazz it up and shoot it out there again. I think… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
If you make a good first film and audiences respond, than hopefully you'll have the opportunity to do a sequel. — David Heyman Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would do sequels. I almost feel like when I'm done with them, they're going to have to find their… — Anne Rivers Siddons Copy Share Image
I've never had good fortune with sequels. Everyone says this time is going to be better. And then I've done them and they've just… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
That's why we had Louis C.K. portray the harder line Communist, to accuse [Dalton] Trumbo of being a hypocrite. — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
For Bryan [Cranston ] to go back in time and become this larger-than-life and somewhat theatrical guy, who performed his ideas and rhetoric in… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
When Dalton Trumbo and his friends joined the Communist Party it was 1943, and Russia was our ally in World War II. This was… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
[Dalton] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's an exquisitely… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
People are willing to throw our civilization under the bus to discredit the existing system, without any proposed solution to the problems that they're… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
I was very interested in politics in college and was heading to be a lawyer. I have a degree in economics and I was… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
My only close-to-game-plan is to follow good writing. If the writing is in TV or if it's in theater or in film, that's it.… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image