John Landis Quotes

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• I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.
• I have always loved you.
• 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 video business works…
• The pedigree's pretty high. For people who are really scary movie fans, this is nirvana. If you're in the mood to get scared, just watch…
• Quite honestly, ... there`s never been stunt driving before or after as spectacular or elaborate. That`s all real, no (computer trickery).
• Universal rushed us. We started shooting without a script that was totally completed.
• The field (of filmmaking) is suddenly sexy, ... so it's deluged with these wannabes who say 'I don't want to be a secret agent, I'll…
• I've been all over the world, and to be in Milan and see guys dressed as Jake and Elwood is amazing. They really have become…
• After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.
• But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B pictures with A…
• Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.
• Directors, like actors, get typecast.
• For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need someone to put…
• I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, London -…
• I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and here, and I…
• I'm following a real event and real people.
• In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.
• The idea of doing a children's film is different, but quite honestly I like doing anything - any genre. I've only made one Western, which…
• There have been 14 versions that I can find of Burke & Hare movies. They have all been horror films and all the movies have…
• 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 good. It's nice…

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