"I made a decision back in 1978 that,……" — John Carpenter
"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 title in order to basically brand these movies my own."
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14 Quotes by John Carpenter
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- I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that…
- It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films.…
- 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…
- 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…
- First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was,…
- I love making movies.
- From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big…
- 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…