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title: "21 John Carpenter Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 21 John Carpenter quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best John Carpenter sayings and thoughts."
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> [I like all of John Carpenter's movies. 'The Thing' is my favorite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-lowe/i-like-all-of-john-carpenter-s-movies-the-thing-is-my-favorite/)

[Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-lowe/)

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> [We are such big John Carpenter fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/we-are-such-big-john-carpenter-fans/)

[Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/)

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> [I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/i-like-john-carpenter-i-like-some-of-his-films-more-than-others/)

[Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/)

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> [I love everything John Carpenter's ever done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-j-cotrona/i-love-everything-john-carpenter-s-ever-done/)

[D. J. Cotrona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-j-cotrona/)

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> [All of the John Carpenter movies scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-keery/all-of-the-john-carpenter-movies-scared-the-crap-out-of-me-when-i-was/)

[Joe Keery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-keery/)

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> [A lot of my friends are people who do horror films: Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Stephen King.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-romero/a-lot-of-my-friends-are-people-who-do-horror-films-wes-craven-john/)

[George A. Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-romero/)

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> [As for action movies, I did Tarzan, and I'm also about to shoot Meltdown, which John Carpenter wrote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casper-van-dien/as-for-action-movies-i-did-tarzan-and-i-m-also-about-to-shoot/)

[Casper Van Dien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casper-van-dien/)

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> [John Carpenter had a lot to do with putting social messages into genre movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putting-social-messages-into/)

[Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/)

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> [If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-goddard/if-i-had-to-pick-one-scary-movie-i-d-go-with-john-carpenter-s-the/)

[Drew Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-goddard/)

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> [Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-goddard/clearly-the-works-of-john-carpenter-and-sam-raimi-are-front-and/)

[Drew Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-goddard/)

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> [I remember when John Carpenter made 'The Thing;' I saw that in the theater with the Necros. Both of our bands went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doyle-wolfgang-von-frankenstein/i-remember-when-john-carpenter-made-the-thing-i-saw-that-in-the/)

[Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doyle-wolfgang-von-frankenstein/)

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> [You find a movie you love and you figure out who directed it, then you go to the video store and go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/you-find-a-movie-you-love-and-you-figure-out-who-directed-it-then-you/)

[Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/)

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> [John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-pleasence/john-carpenter-created-the-idea-of-halloween-so-his-vision-remains/)

[Donald Pleasence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-pleasence/)

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> [I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cronenberg/i-never-thought-i-was-doing-the-same-thing-as-directors-like-john/)

[David Cronenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cronenberg/)

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> [I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-leguizamo/i-was-familiar-with-that-and-rio-bravo-rio-bravo-was-what-john/)

[John Leguizamo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-leguizamo/)

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> [John Carpenter was very gentle. He was very tender. He really liked talking to actors. He really wanted you to be comfortable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-soles/john-carpenter-was-very-gentle-he-was-very-tender-he-really-liked/)

[P. J. Soles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-soles/)

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> [We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dario-argento/we-had-many-good-directors-john-carpenter-brian-de-palma-but-things/)

[Dario Argento](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dario-argento/)

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> [I was offered a series by John Carpenter after I did the movie 'Christine,' and I would've been a leading man after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-dean-stanton/i-was-offered-a-series-by-john-carpenter-after-i-did-the-movie/)

[Harry Dean Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-dean-stanton/)

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> [“Although the ending was more John Carpenter than John Updike, Carroll hadn't come across anything like it in any of the horror…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/although-the-ending-was-more-john-carpenter-than-john-updike-carroll/)

[Joe Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hill/)

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> [At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-pleasence/at-the-end-of-the-first-halloween-when-i-shot-6-bullets-into-michael/)

[Donald Pleasence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-pleasence/)

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> [People don't realize enough how important and influentical John Carpenter has been in electronic music. He did his soundtracks by himself, using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-jarre/people-don-t-realize-enough-how-important-and-influentical-john/)

[Jean-Michel Jarre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-jarre/)

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