John Landis

Well, the bottom line is that I'm extremely pleased with 'The Stupids.' I'm pleased that it's coming out, and it should look…

— John Landis

Marketing does have a lot to do with the success of a film. But even more so, and especially since home video,…

— John Landis

One of the challenges of the movie is there are no apologies or excuses.

— John Landis

I am very direct and I tend to treat everyone exactly the same, which sometimes gets me in trouble because some movie…

— John Landis

Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was…

— John Landis

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the…

— John Landis

I'm very lucky to have worked in the '70s. It's a different industry and distribution is in a state of flux. It's…

— John Landis

What's interesting as a director, and even studio executives don't understand this, is that if you're directing a $200 million movie with…

— John Landis

I've been all over the world, and to be in Milan and see guys dressed as Jake and Elwood is amazing. They…

— John Landis

Anytime something makes money, no matter how outré, it's instantly mainstream. A good example is rock 'n' roll. When rock 'n' roll…

— John Landis

The pedigree's pretty high. For people who are really scary movie fans, this is nirvana. If you're in the mood to get…

— John Landis

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

— John Landis

The 1960s and 1970s were the real years for independent film, because they were really independent. Plus, there were hundreds of distributors.…

— John Landis

They sought out rap music to attack, but you don't hear that anymore because it made too much money. They use Che…

— John Landis

Directors, like actors, get typecast.

— John Landis

For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need…

— John Landis

I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and…

— John Landis

The field (of filmmaking) is suddenly sexy, ... so it's deluged with these wannabes who say 'I don't want to be a…

— John Landis

But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B…

— John Landis

Material comes all kinds of ways, and it's never a question of a lack of material or a lack of projects -…

— John Landis

Movies are brand new. Film is less than 150 years old. It's brand new, compared to any other art form, all of…

— John Landis

People don't understand this: Ideas are important, but they're not essential. What's essential and important is the execution of the idea. Everyone…

— John Landis

I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh,…

— John Landis

I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.

— John Landis

Because of the cumbersome nature of filmmaking, it's only recently that it has become available to the masses, with digital equipment and…

— John Landis