John Carpenter Quotes

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.
John Carpenter

Him, Walk, Monster

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

Character, Halloween, Normal

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.
John Carpenter

Evil, Among, Hiding

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

Work, Truth, Movies

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

Young, Wrestling, Fan

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

Music, Play, Big

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

Play, Write, Read

I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That's why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I'm in deep trouble.
John Carpenter

Movies, Bad, Deep

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

Music, Enough, After

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

Movie, Though, Deal

I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it.
John Carpenter

Talent, Films, Scoring

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

Learning, Emotional, Powerful

I love making movies.
John Carpenter

Love, Movies, Making

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

Money, Movies, Decision

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, Business, Movies

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

Time, Long, Working

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

Good, Job, Comedy

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

Work, Through, Impossible

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.
John Carpenter

Movie, Horror, Director

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

Time, Good, Business

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

Money, Career, Film

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

Love, Music, God

There are a lot of movies that I don't care about, especially not remakes.
John Carpenter

Movies, Care, Remakes

There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.
John Carpenter

Heart, Evil, Human

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

Talk, Write, Story

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Nationality: American

Born: January 16, 1948

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