The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself. Wes Craven More Quotes by Wes Craven More Quotes From Wes Craven I wasn't allowed to see movies when I was a child. It was against the religion I was raised in, Fundamentalist Baptist. I didn't go into a commercial movie house until I was a senior in college, and that was on the sly. It wasn't until I was in graduate school that I immersed myself in films. Then, I went to see all the films by Bergman, Fellini, etc. Wes Craven seniorchildrenschool But I made him the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security because that added an element of political espionage. Wes Craven deputieselementspolitical I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door. Wes Craven feetdoorsjobs I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally. Wes Craven colorpeoplethinking A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose. Wes Craven maskfigureshistorical Many, many things are dangerous in our world, commercials and TV are dangerous, and so is the world of sitcoms. But nobody does anything about them because they're turning in alot of money. Wes Craven our-worldtvsdoe For three years I was unable to sell it. I basically went broke, so when the film got made and was a financial success, my career went from the basement through the roof. It was a wonderful feeling. Wes Craven entertainment The times when I'm scared are when I'm writing, i've been known to jump out of a chair when someone comes into a room. Wes Craven entertainment All of us have the potential of being evil, the idea of the American dream community is an illusion. And the thought that you can construct a society that is free of evil is dangerous because you start to act very self-righteously. Wes Craven entertainment We were not allowed to sing, dance, smoke ... or go to the movies. Wes Craven entertainment Some people ask why people would go into a dark room to be scared. I say they are already scared, and they need to have that fear manipulated and massaged. I think of horror movies as the disturbed dreams of a society. Wes Craven dreamssocietyfearpeople If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can. Wes Craven besti-cansongbird You learn a lot more from those bumps than from when things are going great. Wes Craven morethingsgreatyou I've experienced a great deal of, you know, ostracism from the making of films. Wes Craven makinggreatknowyou Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence. Wes Craven thingsexistencepowerfulhumanity All I'm doing is rearranging the curtains in the insane asylum. Wes Craven asylumdoingcurtainsinsane A friend, Sean Cunningham, who went on to do 'Friday the 13th,' was given a small budget to produce a scary movie, and he told me to write something. I'd never seen a horror film in my life; I'd fallen in love with Fellini. Wes Craven my-lifemelovelife In the '60s, I was teaching humanities at a college in upstate New York and trying to publish a novel I'd written in graduate school. But nothing was happening. So I moved to New York City and got a job as a messenger at a place that made movies. Wes Craven cityplacejobschool My mother wouldn't even let me read DC Comics. I came from a very strict background. Wes Craven backgroundmestrictmother 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was so important because it was such adult film-making - to see something that dealt with such an important issue and had such an enlightened outlook on the world. Wes Craven somethingseeimportantworld
