--- title: "1 John Carpenter Quotes By Jason Blum" description: "1 John Carpenter quotes by Jason Blum. Plus more from Jason Blum and more John Carpenter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/jason-blum-2829_carpenter_john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putt_2824589.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/jason-blum-2829_carpenter_john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putt_2824589.jpg) ## More by Jason Blum > [Halloween is woke, and there's nothing we can do about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/halloween-is-woke-and-there-s-nothing-we-can-do-about-it/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I have a real kind of fundamental philosophical belief that movies are better if everyone gets paid when they work, and if they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-have-a-real-kind-of-fundamental-philosophical-belief-that-movies/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I'm attracted to things that make a point or have a certain point of view, but it's not a conscious thing that I decide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-m-attracted-to-things-that-make-a-point-or-have-a-certain-point-of/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-don-t-believe-in-ghosts-or-paranormal-activity-but-one-time-i-think/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-really-like-to-work-with-theater-actors-theater-actors-tend-to-do/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I wasn't a fanboy of horror. I didn't grow up on horror movies. I grew up loving all movies. I still love all movies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-wasn-t-a-fanboy-of-horror-i-didn-t-grow-up-on-horror-movies-i-grew/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-think-being-snobby-about-the-kind-of-storytelling-people-do-it-just/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > ['Paranormal Activity' had fifty versions because it was $250 to reshoot. We'd screen it, see one thing wrong, shoot for an hour, fix it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/paranormal-activity-had-fifty-versions-because-it-was-250-to-reshoot/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/there-are-a-lot-of-parallels-between-doing-a-sequel-and-doing-low/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [If you go to business school, and you put a product out there in the world, and it's working, the logic is to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/if-you-go-to-business-school-and-you-put-a-product-out-there-in-the/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/it-s-easy-to-get-a-theatrical-release-that-shows-in-one-theater-for-a/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-love-to-go-see-big-movies-i-just-don-t-make-them-it-s-just-a/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-found-that-a-lot-of-people-ridiculed-contemporary-art-i-decided-i/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/the-model-we-established-was-to-give-creative-people-complete/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) > [I started out producing theatre in New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/i-started-out-producing-theatre-in-new-york/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-carpenter/jason-blum/#itemlist", "name": "1 John Carpenter Quotes By Jason Blum", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "John Carpenter had a lot to do with putting social messages into genre movies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Blum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putting-social-messages-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/jason-blum-2829_carpenter_john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putt_2824589.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/jason-blum-2829_carpenter_john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putt_2824589.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/jason-blum-2829_carpenter_john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putt_2824589.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“John Carpenter had a lot to do with putting social messages into genre movies.” — Jason Blum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-carpenter/jason-blum/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-carpenter/jason-blum/", "name": "John Carpenter Quotes by Jason Blum", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-carpenter/jason-blum/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/jason-blum-2829_carpenter_john-carpenter-had-a-lot-to-do-with-putt_2824589.jpg" }, "description": "1 John Carpenter quotes by Jason Blum. 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