The challenge of a revival is how to bring something fresh. The reward is the opportunity to add different flourishes. You're dealing with different actors, designers and a different time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.
I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
If you're in the groove, you get something back from the audience that is so exciting and rewarding that no film or television work can possibly compete.
They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.
We felt if we didn't have new material in us and we didn't have a real reason to exist, then we probably wouldn't have done an 80's revival thing. We are very conscious about the fact that's what we are as a bunch of people.
When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
Any director who comes into a revival owes a great deal to the original director. If I know the backbone works, it gives me, as a director, much more freedom to bring something new to it or try something different.
The history of art is the history of revivals.
Even with revivals, I don't really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.