I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note. John Carpenter More Quotes by John Carpenter More Quotes From John Carpenter 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 wantjobsthinking 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 realdreamchildren 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 powerfulmeankids 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-revolutionfilmwant 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 chancedirectorspeople I stopped directing in 2001 for - oh, damn - four or five years, until I did the TV series 'Masters Of Horror.' I had been working steadily as a director since 1970. That's a long time. I was burned out. John Carpenter tvslongyears 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 again. John Carpenter emscuttingwatches 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 environmentgonetoday 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 fanswrestlingfirsts 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, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities. John Carpenter halloweenteenagercharacter I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life. John Carpenter aimcarebasketball I've gone through various periods with superheroes. They work in the right hands, but they don't work in other hands. It's tricky. But any movie is tricky. It's impossible to say, 'This is what you do in any situation. John Carpenter superherogonehands 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 break-throughadvertisingmother You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough. John Carpenter toughfightingsometimes In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. John Carpenter directorusgermanyhorror Well, 'They Live' was a primal scream against Reaganism of the '80s. And the '80s never went away. They're still with us. That's what makes 'They Live' look so fresh - it's a document of greed and insanity. It's about life in the United States then and now. If anything, things have gotten worse. John Carpenter liveneverlooklife When I was a kid, I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein,' 'The Creeping Unknown,' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet,' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies, generally. John Carpenter lovedlovescienceworld I stopped directing in 2001 for four or five years, until I did the TV series 'Masters Of Horror.' I had been working steadily as a director since 1970. That's a long time. I was burned out. John Carpenter long-timehorrortimelong
