I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer.

I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.