Business Quote by John Carpenter Download Open image “Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.” — John Carpenter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Found Horror Movie Movie business
I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine,… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do… — Brion James Copy Share Image
The cool thing about making a Western is that people want to be in them. You rarely get the opportunity. With horror movies you are always trying to convince them. People in horror are always worried it's going to be this schlocky thing, and you're always trying to convince them that it's not. With Westerns, people immediately react with, "Oh,… — Timothy West Copy Share
It seemed like whenever a Western was going to get made, it came my way. — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror. — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that… — John Wayne Copy Share
My initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time. — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life. — Ti West Copy Share Image
I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was. — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman. — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them, electronic,… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
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… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are just two… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story. — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I don't watch my films. I've seen 'em enough after cutting them and putting the music on. I don't ever want to see them… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life. — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today and be… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
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… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
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,… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note. — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
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Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. — Sunil Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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![“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once, for example, when I was just starting out in the food business, I was hired by the caper people to develop a lot of recipes using capers, and it was weeks of…” quote by Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d79/nora-ephron-1217_business_s-ometimes-when-you-are-a-food-person-th_980.jpg)
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