Ram Charan Quotes

I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake. An example is, of course, stuff like 'The Fly,' or 'The Thing,' or even 'The Blob.' For our generation, all those things, whether it was 'The Blob' or 'The Fly' or something else, we had no idea they were remakes.

When you do a remake, there's a lot of pressure because people always love the original.

When doing a remake, you're on safer territory. You know you cannot go absolutely wrong. But how right it goes depends on various factors like casting and the way you adapt the film.

The truth is that we're not remaking Sam Peckinpah's 'Straw Dogs,' we're making 'Straw Dogs.' We're taking this story, and we're putting our own spin on it. The mere fact that I have James Marsden in it is an indication that it's a very different film than the one that had Dustin Hoffman in it.

I would never try and do a remake off a movie. I think that's a whole different thing. I think everyone will always remember the first movie, and they will always compare it with the second one.

I'm not a big fan of remakes. I never wanted to do a remake.

I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies.

I think a lot of fans immediately go, 'ugggh' when they hear that someone is doing a prequel or a remake, they sort of assume the worst sometimes.

Spike Lee is not the first name you would probably think about redoing 'Oldboy.'

I'm not big on remakes.

If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

It's always that tricky thing with a remake, especially when it's something that's well loved. You're coming to something that has a built-in fascination, but with that comes people ready to feel disgruntled that it's being remade at all.

I wish someone would redo 'Dune.'

Personally, I'm not too fond of remakes.

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.

Remakes have been done forever. People talk about 'Scarface' and don't even know it was a remake.

My personal feeling about reboots is - I'm very against it. I feel bad for the pop culture of this generation because I feel like they're getting a lot of retread... a lot of digested and vomited stuff from our teens and 20s and all of that.

I am strictly against remaking a movie.

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'.

They made a fatal mistake in doing 'Psycho' again. Why do that? Why revisit something that stands for itself?

In my mind, I'm no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a genre unto itself - so long as you make it your own.

I really liked 'Premam,' and when we decided to remake it, our intention was never to make a better film.

I did Kushi Kushiga,' the remake of Chronic Bachelor;' Kalyana Ramudu,' which is the remake of Kalyanaraman;' and also Software Ganda' in Kannada, the remake of My Boss.'

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

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