Damon Lindelof Quotes

I don't like sequels at all. If the movie's good the first time, why bother?

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

My experience is that sequels are rarely as good as the originals.

But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

I want to stay below the radar and make good films. I have to be careful; I don't want my life to change. I really don't want to be a movie star.

Eventually, while researching, you'll learn something you didn't want to know. Some fact that ruins a plotline you had in mind. The good news is that sometimes, learning all the facts can make for a much more interesting story than you originally had in mind.

Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good messages in the film. The films starring those actors are the films I tell young people to watch for good acting and to view for quality movies.

I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book.

There wasn't a single good character in 'Titanic' who was English and this is typical.

If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know.

It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.

We didn't care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie - that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but we're getting the same results in more subtle ways.

I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good.

If the script is good, the cast and director good, I'll go anywhere.

Good filmmakers make bad films; it happens.

If you look at the least effective of the 'Twilight' movies, it was when they brought in an action-movie director instead of a director who was really a good storyteller. And you can tell the difference.

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.

I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

I thought 'The Bank Job' was a really quality movie.

I think what 'Saw' did was really open up a huge branch of lots of these other movies that ultimately retroactively gave the first 'Saw' somewhat of a negative reputation.

We need to make more original movies, and audiences would do well to support original movies for the future of the medium.

People confuse 'pretty' with good cinematography.