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The success of the second ‘Austin Powers’ caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - When I’m shooting, really the audience I’m thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience. Download This Image

    When I’m shooting, really the audience I’m thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he’s such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.

    It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he’s such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was embraced by both the right and the left.

    John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was embraced by both the right and the left.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - Mini-Me was the pint sized clone that was the perpetuation of Dr. Evil’s own legacy [in Austin Powers]. That concept earned the sequel. Download This Image

    Mini-Me was the pint sized clone that was the perpetuation of Dr. Evil’s own legacy [in Austin Powers]. That concept earned the sequel.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we’re just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A.

    The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we’re just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist.

    Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - For Bryan [Cranston ] to go back in time and become this larger-than-life and somewhat theatrical guy, who performed his ideas and rhetoric in public in a melodic and flashy way, was a bit of a risk.

    For Bryan [Cranston ] to go back in time and become this larger-than-life and somewhat theatrical guy, who performed his ideas and rhetoric in public in a melodic and flashy way, was a bit of a risk.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that’s it. Download This Image

    I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that’s it.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - Sometimes perfecting the one thing can be the enemy of getting any traction on anything else.

    Sometimes perfecting the one thing can be the enemy of getting any traction on anything else.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - I’m pretty opinionated sometimes although my political views change all the time, too. So I’m not very zealous.

    I’m pretty opinionated sometimes although my political views change all the time, too. So I’m not very zealous.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - From our perspective now, there is a not a huge understanding about the totalitarian Communism that Soviet Russia practiced during the 1950s – it was an atrocious system.

    From our perspective now, there is a not a huge understanding about the totalitarian Communism that Soviet Russia practiced during the 1950s – it was an atrocious system.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - [Dalton] Trumbo himself was a terrible Communist.

    [Dalton] Trumbo himself was a terrible Communist.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - [Lyndon Baines Johnson ] technique in negotiation would be that he’d lean into you and take away your personal space, it didn’t matter your party affiliation when he was trying to convince you of something.

    [Lyndon Baines Johnson ] technique in negotiation would be that he’d lean into you and take away your personal space, it didn’t matter your party affiliation when he was trying to convince you of something.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - One of the series of decisions that the great screenwriter John McNamara made was about who to depict. [Ronald] Reagan had a role in HUAC, he was a friendly witness, but never went over-the-top about it. Download This Image

    One of the series of decisions that the great screenwriter John McNamara made was about who to depict. [Ronald] Reagan had a role in HUAC, he was a friendly witness, but never went over-the-top about it.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that’s really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy. Download This Image

    Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that’s really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy.

    JAY ROACH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Jay Roach Quote - I think sequels should be earned and we won’t do it unless the script is better than the first one.

    I think sequels should be earned and we won’t do it unless the script is better than the first one.

    JAY ROACH