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> [When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call them rules. But rules are there to be broken. I think that young filmmakers should go all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/when-you-re-talking-horror-or-sci-fi-you-re-working-in-a-genre-that/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

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## More by Roger Corman

> [When I started I had no knowledge of films whatsoever. I was an engineering major at Stanford. And I found out as a senior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/when-i-started-i-had-no-knowledge-of-films-whatsoever-i-was-an/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [I'm not going to shoot seven days a week. I think it's counterproductive. I think you're going to have people stumbling around after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/i-m-not-going-to-shoot-seven-days-a-week-i-think-it-s/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [I was young, so I was part of youth culture. The years went by, I became older and no longer part of youth culture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/i-was-young-so-i-was-part-of-youth-culture-the-years-went-by-i-became/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [I think anybody who's working in a creative medium is working partially with their conscious mind, partially with their unconscious mind. So, my unconscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/i-think-anybody-who-s-working-in-a-creative-medium-is-working/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [There was a fairly big difference between Detroit and Beverly Hills. I remember this. Detroit actually was a prosperous bustling city when we moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/there-was-a-fairly-big-difference-between-detroit-and-beverly-hills-i/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [I do believe motion pictures are the significant art form of our time. And I think the main reason is, they're an art form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/i-do-believe-motion-pictures-are-the-significant-art-form-of-our-time/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/jim-cameron-is-proof-that-if-you-are-good-you-ll-get-promoted/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/you-can-make-a-movie-about-anything-as-long-as-it-has-a-hook-to-hang/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/as-a-producer-i-probably-am-a-little-stronger-than-most-since-i-was-a/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/other-writers-producers-and-directors-of-low-budget-films-would-often/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [I remember the first film I reviewed for the Daily was a John Ford Western. I think it was My Darling Clementine, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/i-remember-the-first-film-i-reviewed-for-the-daily-was-a-john-ford/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [There's always something that draws you away from the original script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/there-s-always-something-that-draws-you-away-from-the-original-script/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [Somebody who moved up very fast was Jim Cameron, who was a young guy out of - I think he came from Arizona, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/somebody-who-moved-up-very-fast-was-jim-cameron-who-was-a-young-guy/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/people-gravitate-occasionally-to-the-brilliantly-made-art-low-budget/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

> [When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-corman/when-i-started-in-the-late-1950s-every-film-i-made-no-matter-how-low/)

[Roger Corman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-corman/)

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