Paul Di Filippo Quotes

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

Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

Sequels are desperate.

Now 'Boondock II,' people are gonna see it because they liked the first one. There won't be very many people who go see it who aren't familiar with the first one.

A lot of the time, the scripts you get to read are remakes or reboots or sequels or prequels.

I always get excited when I find out there's a sequel, because all the work is kind of done.

I'm just the second Bodhi. I think there will be more. I have the feeling this is only the first re-imagination of 'Point Break'.

'The Conjuring' was a massive success, and honestly, it set the bar quite high. So I was nervous about making the sequel, and I wasn't sure if it will still have the same impact as the first one did. But that's what moved me to make the sequel.

We don't want John Wick to retire again; we're glad he's back in the game. We want a sequel or a prequel. There's a lot of fertile ground to cover.

There should be a sequel to 'Sarfarosh'. It was a different film.

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.

The best sequels throughout time keep what you really like about the first thing, but they aren't afraid to do their own thing for the next season and kind of grow, in a way.

I'm like the king of the low-budget sequel. People ask, 'What film are you gonna do next?' 'I don't know, but it's probably got a 3 or 4 in the title.'

I'm pretty skeptical about Hollywood and its fascination with the sequel and the franchise.

As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.

The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story.

In a weird way, if you look at all the 'Apes' movies, they all seem like different stories in the same universe. 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' is definitely a continuation, but the other ones jump all around chronologically.

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel?

An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that.

You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before.

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.