A Quote by Dwayne Johnson

As we all know, sequels can be tricky. — © Dwayne Johnson
As we all know, sequels can be tricky.

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Sequels are always tricky.
Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.
You know for years before the notion of sequels, actors were the franchise. John Wayne would rarely do sequels, but he kind of played the same guy with a different name in every movie. I have no problem with using actors as franchises. And that's what is fun to do.
The thing I do miss about the way some sequels were in the past was that each film felt like its own unique, complete tone. Now, sequels are tonal facsimiles of the ones before them, like a television series, whereas back in the past sequels would often be radically different from the ones before.
I take a firm stand against sequels. My industry brethren are a little shocked at how firmly I'm committed to not doing sequels.
I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
I have to stay interested. I can't do the same thing over and over again, which is why I don't do - I've made sequels, but it's the movies that are not sequels that I enjoy the most.
I'm just trying to think what other sequels there were. There was the James Bond movies and not many. I think sequels have become a recent idea of franchising.
Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky.
Success is a tricky mistress. It's nice to have but it's a tricky thing to embrace.
I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.
I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players.
I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was able to pull out tricks from nowhere.
I think true connectivity is something that is rare in sequels. I mean I love the first 'Die Hard' film; you won't find a bigger 'Die Hard' fan than me. But I feel like with the sequels, they're just taking that character and dropping him in different scenarios. There's no real connective tissue.
I don't know if I'm a sequels kind of person. I prefer each film to have its own unique identity.
A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.
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