Sandra Bullock Quotes

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.

Some people make a great film and then they can't follow up.

I was keenly aware that everybody would have loved for me to do a close sequel or a spin-off to 'Marley and Me.'

I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

The biggest difference in writing a sequel is that now there are expectations. But also - and this is the awesome part - now there are fans, too!

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.'

I'm always surprised when a sequel is not as good or better than the first one. I never understand that. You've already set your own bar. You've already done the hard work. It should be easier to make the second one, but a lot of the times, it's not.

There is a lot of pressure to top yourself... to come up with a 'Rumours II,' and that seemed like a trap.

Sequels are scary. And making a sequel to something as good as 'Scanners' is even scarier.

I would be happy to do 'Sarfarosh 2'. The script should be as good as the first one. I don't want to destroy the goodwill of the first one.

It's tough to make a sequel that stands up to the original especially one that has, over the course of time, become a bit of a cult favorite.

That's the hardest thing about doing sequels - you've lost the element of surprise.

Sequels are generally done in a rush. They're done with a sense of urgency. The first time, you spend a long time developing to get it over the line. The second time, you don't. Your expectations are different, and your motivations are different.

With every film, the pressure is on the rise for the next.

When you have a reputation for making not only good songs but great albums, that in itself creates added artistic pressure. But, at the end of the day, I guess that pressure is something I welcome.

The response to 'A Head Full of Ghosts' has been amazing and thrilling. I'd be lying if I said I don't feel a little extra pressure trying to follow it up.

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'

I never wanted 'Toy Story 3' to feel like another sequel just grafted on. We all know that if you put 3 after your title, it typically means garbage, and we knew that going in.

I get scared of such love where people come out of the theatre and say, 'This is the best work of Anubav Sinha till date.' I feel the pressure and wonder what will I do next.

I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'

People loved the first two 'Toy Story' films so much, and the last thing I wanted to do was make a disappointing third film.

The world doesn't need any more pretty good songs.

Even when I was writing the script for 'Don,' I suspected it could lead to a sequel.

I thought 'Gutterflower' was a really good record, but the album before that got so big that everyone expected us to go through that again.

Where do you go after something like 'Pacific Rim?' Which, for me, was such a moment, to have this thing and see it all come together, and it's big, and it has this cult following... You ask yourself, 'What's next?'