John Carpenter Quotes - Page 2

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• To survive you have to withstand the changes in the business. This business has gone through so many changes since I was young and now it is on to something else. It is all weird today, for me, because I am from the old times. You just have to keep adapting. Isn't that Darwinism? The creature that adapts to its environment survives.

  John Carpenter

  Gone, Today, Environment

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• Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.

  John Carpenter

  Hard Work, People, Directors

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

  John Carpenter

  Writing, Play, Keyboards

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw when I was a kid; anything you see in your formative years is more powerful, because it really stays with you forever. The second category is films that I saw while I was learning the craft of motion pictures.

  John Carpenter

  Powerful, Mean, Kids

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• From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them - electronic, but like an orchestra. And I could play it all myself. That was exciting.

  John Carpenter

  Play, Ideas, Sound

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. April 10, 2011.

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• I had a talent for scoring films; I just developed it.

  John Carpenter

  Talent, Film

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. April 10, 2011.

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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

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• I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine, I enjoy it, but I got into this business to make westerns. And the kind of westerns I used to see, they died. So that didn't work out.

  John Carpenter

  Work Out, Cinema, Kind

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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 Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.

  John Carpenter

  Looks, Rooms, Tongue

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• 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

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• 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.

  John Carpenter

  Halloween, Names, Order

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• I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal.

  John Carpenter

  Superhero, Kind, Deals

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• We've got the prettiest girls in the world here in Los Angeles and there's a great music scene. And I learned what I learned about cinema here in Los Angeles so it's always been really important to me as a city to live in and I love making movies about it.

  John Carpenter

  Love Making

  "The Horror Writer: John Carpenter". Interview with Joe Skinner on PBS "American Masters" podcast, www.pbs.org. October 10, 2017.

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• One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you.

  John Carpenter

  Holiday, Careers, Killers

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

  John Carpenter

  Finals, Casting, Final Words

  Source: collider.com

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• One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today and be stirred and moved by it. But I think that you fall in love with... Well, again, when you're young, it really is more powerful. Much more terrifying.

  John Carpenter

  Falling In Love, Powerful, Hero

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• Way back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked to me about Batman. I had to think about it, but that was way, way back when.

  John Carpenter

  Writing, Men, Thinking

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• Halloween put me on the map, and I'm very sad to hear of his death.

  John Carpenter

  Halloween, Maps, Very Sad

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• First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

  John Carpenter

  Wrestling, Fans, Firsts

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• From a will: And to my communist nephew Oswald, I leave the sum of 10,000 pounds - to be shared equally with his fellow Britishers.

  John Carpenter

  Nephew, Pounds, Communist

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• I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with. I don't think I'd be good with... broad comedy? I don't know. Maybe I would.

  John Carpenter

  Jobs, Thinking, Want

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