Remake Quotations

There was a time that I was only known for being a plagiarist. It used to hurt at times because there was so much effort I was putting into music. And instead of that, it was a couple tunes that I had reproduced from folk songs to remake as film songs, which were being written about.

For me, I think 'Jem' fans were expecting a remake of the cartoon, and the movie really is inspired by the cartoon based in a 2015, modern-day setting. It is going to be very different, but it's also going to be very familiar as well.

France loves American cinema because when an American remake is successful, it makes us money to produce more French films.

Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.

I've gotten more flack from the remake nature of our 'Being Human' from American audiences than I have from British fans. Every fan of the BBC original that I've bumped into seemed very excited and interested in seeing what we did with it - at least to my face!

We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.

The outstanding truths of life, the great and unquestioned phenomena of society, are not to be argued away as myths and vagaries when they do not fit within our little moulds. If necessary, we must remake the moulds.

You want to make money, remake 'Cinderella.' You want to move people, remake the Hippolytus and Phaedra myth.

I saw 'Billy Elliot' again, and what I loved about it was the way it had become a social document, a reminder of what happened with the mining communities in the '80s. And I thought, 'Everyone keeps wanting me to make a sequel to 'Beckham,' but maybe a musical remake is the answer, embracing all this theatricality.'

I hope they remake 'Look Who's Talking' - then I'd make some money!

I have always wondered why the movie industry was so firmly persuaded that the original author could be of no possible help in the case of a remake or any other change in a work.

As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can.

It's a remake of a film called Inferno Affairs. It's a Hong Kong film, and if we come anywhere close to what they did in the original, we're going to have a hot property on our hands, because Inferno Affairs is a great piece.

Unfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design.

I'd like to be Gandalf for a day - he's so wise, he's so powerful, and he's so caring. I love Gandalf. When they remake 'Lord of The Rings,' maybe I'll play it.

At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.

We remake 'Hamlet' all the time. That's sort of what we do, humans.

What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.

When I was at MGM some years ago, I remember that there was a serious discussion of trying to remake some of the (Spencer) Tracy and (Katharine) Hepburn pictures. And that's a great idea except that they were successful because of Tracy and Hepburn.

Oh yes, I've been approached to do all sorts of nonsense. How about a remake of 'West Side Story?'

Of all ways to do a remake, ... I think Gus chose the most incredible way, because what he's saying is 'I honor you.' This is like more praise to Hitchcock than anybody who would take another film, and remake it, and try to make it different. Gus is saying, 'Not only am I not going to make it different, I'm going to honor you every step of the way.'

Obviously, they've got to remake themselves; obviously, they've got to make themselves relevant in a more significant way again. Their contribution in print is now not needed in large part.

One of the financial personality types, whom I call the Money Masters, said that if they lost all their money for some reason, they wouldn't be very anxious, because they would just do it over again. The entrepreneur was another type likely to make - and sometimes lose and remake - those millions. They are people who just love work, and have a hard time picturing retirement at all.

I would buy Barbies and take them apart and then remake their looks. I used them for hairstyling. It was a whole process. I had a lot of dolls - like 150.

I don't know of any TV series that I was so in love with that I'd like to do a remake of except for the Ernie Kovacs show. But, we'd have to go dig him up and see if he's still funny.

Basically, we had to remake him. We worked on his delivery to speed him up and get him to hold runners better. He was also tipping his pitches. But most of all we needed to instill confidence in him.

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I tend to break it apart and remake it every time I do a new draft.

If I was ever gonna remake a Peckinpah film, it would be 'Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia.' That's my favorite Peckinpah film.

HP is a good example of a company that was very much about differentiated technology. With Dell competing with a very innovative supply chain, HP has had to remake its supply chain.

I also believe, John, that your ability to accelerate the changes needed can be facilitated by a remake of Morgan Stanley's Board of Directors,

It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I havenot had time to remake the world.

I think 'The Fog' had a lot of really cool elements in the sense it's a remake of a classic film of John Carpenter's and had a hot cast.

Rod got stuck in the same problem that I had. He's got a lot of experience, a lot of passion for what he does. He doesn't try to remake the wheel where things are going well. Due to his experience he brings an interesting angle to each thing that comes up. We've been able to do a lot collaboratively in the department.

Peace is not a state - it is a choice, and you have to remake it every day. It's possible to get a sort of stability, a habit of peace, but it's like an egg balanced, spinning, on its point: lose your momentum, and your equilibrium is gone, too.

Long Island is where we invented the modern suburb, and whether Long Island will remake itself for the 21st century, that's the challenge.

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.

Whether you're a believer or not, a flawed biblical epic is going to be more entertaining than a remake of a Paul Verhoeven movie or some third-rate sci-fi flick.

We have to remake Singapore. Our economy, our education, our mind-set, our city. It must be a totally different Singapore. Because if its the same Singapore today, we're dead,

We care about global warming, because it's going to remake the face of the Earth. We are heading to a completely different world than the one we're used to.

We didn't set out to remake the Rambo story, we just tried to reflect what is really happening in Iraq.

This remaking goes on all the time. You have a hard time finding good material, so you remake old movies that have done well.

There has never been a successful follow-up to the original 'Kong'; the 1970s remake tanked. The original film became such an unexpected success that there has never been anything substantial to add to it, and no possible way to compete with what was already achieved.

But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made.

We've had an active, ongoing conversation with Microsoft since January about this, and they've been open to hearing our position, ... But I don't know one way or the other how they're ultimately going to react to this. Also, this isn't just about Microsoft. We're focusing on the formats here, not necessarily the software. But wouldn't it be nice not to have to remake the systems?

To its credit, GM is trying to remake itself and make good on the promises it made in the past. Companies are not required to make open-ended promises into the future.

We will not stand activist judges who legislate from the bench, who remake our culture. ... We will not tolerate judges who change the rules of our written Constitution. You, the American people, play a big part on how to deal with these out-of-control judges. ... The answer is in your hands.

Everything you read now is like a remake of a movie you've already seen. With independent film, things are more character-driven.

The whole shooting process of 'Psycho' was amazing in that way, because I felt like I had been chosen to remake history,

It was totally unnecessary, ... The only real difference in the remake is that these days, the screen allows for a bit more sexual explicitness which allows for the characters to show more menace.

Projects have ebbs and flows, and there are periods of opposition. ... This project will bring benefits to the region. One thing we shouldn't lose sight of is the potential to remake the face of the city, in a very positive way. I know of no place where anyone's ever regretted building a transit line. We don't have to shorten the line, and we don't have to raise taxes.

(Producer) Michael Bay has done something that is rarely if ever done and that is remake a classic and turn the remake into a classic. We have a shot to get into the $80 millions. It cost $9.5 million to make. I imagine this will be the (year's) most profitable movie vis-a-vis what it cost to make.

Advanced ticket sales have been terrific but we've also found that on the day of the show twice as many people are just walking up (to buy tickets). Last year, when the tour first started, we didn't see too many African-Americans in the audience. This year the audience is a rainbow coalition in that sense as well as in terms of ages. The audience ages are all over the map. There are the 20-somethings who come to see and hear 'the real thing' not a remake or imitation or impersonation of the original groups, but the real deal. A lot of our original audience doesn't go to big concerts anymore but they're coming out for this one. It's one last party.

This is a desperate attempt to remake their faltering image.

A big, hairy guy comes to New York and takes the city by storm. Am I talking about the remake of King Kong, or Johnny Damon?

It's kind of a dream come true, because we've always loved these films. We've loved this character, and now we have the opportunity to not remake the movie, but to play these characters. It's like playing Hamlet.

The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible.

The Air Up There' weighs in with a rumour about a remake of Ching Siu-Tung's acclaimed Asian feature film

It's interesting how the view from abroad can shift and remake perceptions of homegrown celebrities, the ones who are part of the gross domestic product.

No, it's interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it's a good idea; it needs to respect the original idea. Don't just take the title and change everything else.

They have shown, based on prior performance, that they have the capability to remake themselves. They have the flexibility to seize opportunities as they're presented.

The international award is a symbol of the success that we have had in trying to completely remake this campus for the last 20 years. A lot of people have been working to bring the university into the twenty-first century and to use the campus to show what a quality institution this is.

I'm not a huge remake fan but I loved the first movie, and I thought it was more relevant now than it was back then, because of all the Enron-type swindles. I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a shot at all the white-collar creeps and give people a bit of relief, because everyone's feeling they're part of a company these days. It's a good outlet for that frustration.

I often wonder why people remake movies. Is there just a lack of imagination out there that they can't come up with an original idea?

If you asked me, 'Do we need a remake of

I love that kind of wild attitude in creating things. It is very amusing to me that so many people, designers, creators are trying to remake the '60s. I did (it) at the beginning, just for sort of mockery but gentle mockery,

I did a 'Children of the Corn' remake for Sci Fi Channel. I play the Peter Horton role from the original, and Candace McClure from 'Battlestar Galactica' is my Linda Hamilton.

I am proud of the role I played during the original grassroots effort to revitalize and remake Gwinnett¹s central business district. I am pleased to be able to use my professional abilities to once again strengthen the ties between the business community, Chamber, local government and other stakeholders.

I'd love to do a superhero movie, like a remake of Wonder Woman.

I do expect a Noah's ark film and a Revelations film down the pike pretty quickly after this. A Ten Commandments remake isn't outside realm of possibility.

The golden rule has always been to remake films that were not a success, if you saw something in them. To remake a movie that's already a milestone offers audiences very little that they haven't already seen, the way 'Lord of the Rings' did.

The friends that have it I do wrongWhen ever I remake a song,Should know what issue is at stake:It is myself that I remake.