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Daily Inspiration Quote by Bobby Farrelly

"We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait"

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Hollywood mythology loves to pretend movies get made because an artist has a vision. Bobby Farrelly punctures that fantasy with the casual brutality of scheduling. The story isn’t about a sequel; it’s about leverage. Jim Carrey (the implied “Jim”) isn’t framed as difficult so much as strategically unavailable, using time as a bargaining chip. “Not until next year” is an elegant power move: it keeps the door open, signals selectivity, and reminds everyone who the irreplaceable component is. Farrelly’s phrasing - “the word was,” “we approached him” - reads like a director navigating a court, where rumors precede actual negotiations and access is currency.

Then comes the real punchline: “New Line said it was too long to wait.” In one line, the studio’s logic snaps into focus. The calendar is treated like a market instrument. Wait too long and the cast’s heat cools, the audience ages out, the competition shifts, the fiscal year changes, corporate leadership rotates, and the sequel’s projected certainty starts looking like risk. The subtext is that creative continuity matters less than momentum; the sequel machine runs on timing, not nostalgia.

Farrelly, a comedian by trade, lands this with deadpan understatement. There’s no moralizing, just an industry anecdote that doubles as a quiet thesis: in franchising, “artistic choice” often means whoever can afford to delay - and studios usually can’t.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Farrelly, Bobby. (2026, January 16). We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-with-jim-and-jeff-they-101226/

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Farrelly, Bobby. "We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-with-jim-and-jeff-they-101226/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-wanted-to-do-a-sequel-with-jim-and-jeff-they-101226/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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Bobby Farrelly (born June 17, 1958) is a Director from USA.

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