I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'
I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2.
I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer.
Second movies are great because you can drop into them, and it doesn't really have a beginning on it, particularly in a traditional way. You can just tear into it.
'Fast and Furious' is the only franchise that I've directed that I did not create from scratch. So it definitely was an eye-opening experience for me coming to that world. I had to be respectful of the roles that had been established by the filmmakers before me, and I was cool with that.
I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water.
I almost sabotaged my career. 'The Fast and the Furious' didn't let me, and I'm grateful now. That franchise gave me the opportunity.
I think it would be frustrating having to do things you wouldn't want to do, having to make movies you didn't like.
I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.
I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me.