#remakes

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image. ↗

— Joan Didion

#claims #forever #hardest #his #image

Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow. ↗

— Tobe Hooper

#also #before #hollywood #know #law

Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original. ↗

— Alex Winter

#carpenter #certain #great #original #remakes

They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette. ↗

— Leif Garrett

#beach #beach boys #doing #had #i

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake? ↗

— Norman Jewison

#even #films #i #make #making

Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#cynical #doing #generally #hollywood #i

After I broke my leg I had to go back and do one of the remakes of 'The Magnificent Seven' and ended up on a horse that pitched me off and broke my leg again... I rode horses pretty well. I just didn't like doing it. ↗

— William Lucking

#again #back #broke #doing #ended