Remake Quotes

You're supposed to learn from your mistakes, not remake them... - Unknown

With the Internet, kids today learn things quicker than we do and they have everything there is to see, so you have to do more than just remake some old '70s film. - Donnie Wahlberg

When you look at 2005, which overflowed with remakes and sequels, I think that the Academy recognized that the best films came from independent filmmakers not the big studios. - Gitesh Pandya

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. - Peter Bart

When I came to Hollywood, I was summoned to Madonna 's apartment in New York City... and she was talking about All About Eve , and how it's one of her favorite films. Now I've seen it and I own itI bought one of the prints. It's about how youth is perceived and very little has changed in this youth obsessed cultureit's about the need for approval from others. There is so much going on in that movie. It requires some psychoanalysis. All About Eve is the only film I would remake. - Robert Luketic

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? - Peter Quinn

We're not trying to remake them or spin the Doors, just expose them to the next generation. - Jeff Jampol

Well, I don't necessarily like playing the villain. I'd much rather be the guy who rides off into the sunset over the hill after saving the people in the town from the bad guys. I'd like to make a picture like Roman Holiday . I'd like to do a remake of Shane , you know? But unfortunately I'm not really looked upon that way by the powers that make movies. I have to put a roof over my children's head, and I have to take a job where I can get it. Every once in a while I get something like this, that even though it's a villain, at least it's well-written. At least it's going to be well-made. It's a lot easier to swallow that when you know that it's going to be well-made. There's nothing worse than playing a villain in a bad movie. Being a bad guy in a bad movie is a major drag. I mean, it's 'Oh, my. God! [Laughs] It's just lonely. - Michael Madsen

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America. - Al Gore