Original Films Quotes

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

I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much wider audience. That's how I look at it.

'Star Wars Rebels' brings back the banter and faster pace that the original films were famous for.

I'm not a big fan of remakes. And even if they are good, they're still not as good as the original, so what's the point?

I always feel I have made unfilmable books. I even felt that way about a book of mine that was later made into a movie. But my wife, who has made two films, thinks this one would make a very original film. I'm all for original films.

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

Believe me, sequels are just as hard to make as original films.

Like anybody who grew up in the Eighties, I cringe at the thought of these movies being remade, because of the corniness and cheesiness of the originals.

I'm generally not a fan of remaking great films.

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

I grew up in the '80s, and you had these original, big-budget sci-fi adventure things all the time, not based on any source material - you'd have 'Gremlins,' 'Back to the Future,' 'E.T.' 'Ghostbusters,' the list goes on and on. I would love it so much if 'Pacific Rim' was but the first in a new wave of that sort of thing.

People talk a lot about Pixar going off the rails. A lot of people are saying they aren't happy that we are making sequels. But for every one of those people, there is one that is happy because they fell in love with the worlds we created. We hope we've proved that a sequel can be every bit as enjoyable as the original.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?