Latest John Carpenter Quotes from Interviews

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• Remakes, in general, are a result of necessity being the mother of invention. They can't open movies consistently and break through the advertising clutter that's out there.

  John Carpenter

  Mother, Break Through, Advertising

  Source: collider.com

• As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

  John Carpenter

  People, Directors, Chance

  Source: collider.com

• I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life.

  John Carpenter

  Basketball, Care, Aim

  Source: collider.com

• You play with everything you've got. I'm not a lover of cheap tricks. I've always loved playing with people, but there's no rule about it. You try everything you can.

  John Carpenter

  Play, People, Trying

  Source: collider.com

• I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it.

  John Carpenter

  Finals, Casting, Final Words

  Source: collider.com

• Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind, and that's very powerful stuff.

  John Carpenter

  Powerful, Loss, Mind

  Source: collider.com

• We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

  John Carpenter

  Loss, Sanity

  Source: collider.com

• There's nothing better than being in an asylum, if you're going to have a bunch of crazy people in an asylum, and they're all beautiful Hollywood actresses.

  John Carpenter

  Beautiful, Crazy, People

  Source: collider.com

• Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

  John Carpenter

  Storytelling, Equipment

  Source: collider.com

• When I got into the movie business, working with actors was the one thing I was really weak at. I didn't know what to say to actors. They scared me and intimidated me. The actors that I've worked with who have had a lot of experience, or who I've even grown up watching as a kid, were really scary. I was like, "What am I going to say to this person?" But, I've matured. It's fun. I understand what actors do now.

  John Carpenter

  Fun, Kids, Scary

  Source: collider.com

• When you have no money, you need invention.

  John Carpenter

  Needs, Invention, No Money

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Child pornography is taboo. There are really no such things as snuff films. That's a legend. But movies are like pieces of dreams, and we don't need to go into those dreams. Those dreams are beyond. Child pornography - it's horrible. Human suffering is a horrible thing in real life.

  John Carpenter

  Dream, Children, Real

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• It [horror genre] never dies. It just keeps getting re­invented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afraid, we're all afraid of things: death, disfigurement, loss of a loved one. Everything that I'm afraid of, you're afraid of and vice versa. So everybody feels fear and suspense.

  John Carpenter

  Loss, Horror Genre, Vices

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.

  John Carpenter

  Horror, Found, Movie Business

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Horror Stories, Danger, Reactions

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's so universal. Humor doesn't always travel to other countries, but horror does.

  John Carpenter

  Country, Thinking, Silent Films

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.

  John Carpenter

  Digital Revolution, Want, Film

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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 be in the right place at the right time.

  John Carpenter

  Luck, Want, Right Time

  Source: www.avclub.com

• To make movies you just have to want it enough. You have to have the passion for telling stories. You have to get by the love-of-movies aspect. You can't just be a movie fan.

  John Carpenter

  Passion, Fans, Stories

  Source: www.avclub.com

• What a director does... essentially, it's storytelling, but a director also controls the feeling and the sounds and the texture. It's an act of creation, like a symphony or a painting or a story. But with different tools.

  John Carpenter

  Symphony, Feelings, Sound

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Horror stories have always worked on film. It's where they work. That's where vampires and ghosts and UFOs are real. They're not particularly real in life, but they're real on the screen. It's the communal aspect of movie-watching.

  John Carpenter

  Real, Horror Stories, Vampire

  Source: www.avclub.com