Ne-Yo Quotes

Every trick is an old one, but with a change of players, a change of dress, it comes out as new as before.

It's 2009, things change. I'm a creature of habit, so in the beginning I wanted it to be as much like the original as possible, but that's not reality. And reality is, this is a new generation, and people want to see 'Witch Mountain' again.

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

As society evolves, people are interested in a new take on an old beloved story.

Any scene in Shakespeare can be vulgarised almost out of recognition with the wish to have a modern concept.

I want to re-mythologize 'The Green Hornet' in a contemporary context, with an emphasis on story and character, while at the same time incorporating themes that speak to my heart.

When you're remaking a classic, you don't want it to lose steam.

Remakes are happening for a long time, and it is happening in the West, too. I don't believe anything is wrong in that.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation.

The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those changes.

There are a lot of different elements in play when you're remaking something people care about.

We're sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers. He's a guy that wants to serve his country, but he's not a flag-waver. We're reinterpreting, sort of, what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was.

My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?

No, we've been performing our old songs a little differently each performance.

During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that.

An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.

To portray an iconic character has been brilliant in itself, and to be able to do that on a show like 'Once Upon a Time' enhances that because the show puts a spin on characters and makes them very different and puts core values that are very different that aren't in the original fairy tales a lot of people relate to.

Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.

Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.

The challenge of a revival is how to bring something fresh. The reward is the opportunity to add different flourishes. You're dealing with different actors, designers and a different time.

You could go so wrong with a 'Planet of the Apes' reboot; you could make it melodramatic, you could make it campy, you could fall into so many traps with it.

Classics stay alive because a great actor or a great director wants to do them.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.