John Carpenter Quotes

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• I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw when I was…
• It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later,…
• I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the…
• To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.
• One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have…
• Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.
• When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you…
• First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.
• I love making movies.
• From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them, electronic, but…
• I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it.
• In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.
• In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is…
• What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have…

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