Ideas Quote by Stephen Colbert

Making a summer movie is like accepting a mission impossible: your enemies are everywhere, and if you fail, the studio's never heard of you.

— Jeff Giles

I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.

— Christopher Meloni

We've all been disappointed by new installments of the stories we love. But with all this talk of filmmakers 'ruining our childhood,' we forget…

— Colin Trevorrow

I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things,…

— John Travolta

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

— Francis Ford Coppola

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

The trick with sequels is, you have to give people what they liked before, yet be innovative enough so they don't feel like they're…

— Harold Ramis

You know, by the time you get to the fourth film in a franchise you're really mining for something different. You're really looking for…

— Leigh Whannell

I don't think it's a mistake to put every great idea into the first movie, because I've always said there won't be a second…

— Kevin Feige

I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer.

— Lawrence Kasdan

You can make a thousand different movies about the same subject.

— Pedro Almodovar

Feature films seem geared toward very large budgets, action, broad comedy. That seems to dominate all year where it used to be relegated to…

— Holly Hunter