80s Quote by Lou Lumenick

I was influenced by American movies of the '60s and '70s, especially Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry' and the films of Sam Peckinpah. And, of…

— Shinichiro Watanabe

The stuff I write with Joe Lo Truglio tends to lean towards horror-comedy and horror.

— Ken Marino

Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of…

— J. Robert Spencer

I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.

— Ricky Gervais

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all…

— Chika Anadu

I like how you can go back and watch David Lean and John Ford and see the influence that had on Steven Spielberg, especially…

— Colin Trevorrow

I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.

— Clive Owen

Mel Brooks is an interesting one because he started out making films about stuff that he was totally affectionate about, like musicals, westerns, horror…

— Edgar Wright

As a kid, I saw a lot of scary movies, but they were mixed with comedy, like 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.'

— Michael Rooker

I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy films. But I haven't talked enough…

— Patty Jenkins

Those are the movies that we [with Evan Goldberg] always wanted to make. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, the kind of movies where violence and…

— Seth Rogen

A lot of my friends are people who do horror films: Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Stephen King.

— George A. Romero