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John Carpenter Biography

John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, musician, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked with various film genres, he is associated most commonly with horror, action and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s.

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When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.

Admire, Age, Directors, Rest Of Life, Writer

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

Business, Found, Horror, Make, Movie Business, Westerns

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.

Broad, Comedy, Jobs, Maybe, Thinking, Want

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.

Advertising, Break Through, General, Mother, Movies, Remakes

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.

Character, Halloween, Laurie, Myers, Teenager

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

Evil, Halloween, Hiding, Horror, Theme

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.

Adapting, Adapts, Changes, Environment, Gone, Today

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

Control, Experience, Loss, Question, Sanity

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

Care, I Don'T Care, Movies, Remakes

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.

Digital Revolution, Film, Inexpensive, Make, Revolution, Want

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

Avengers, Deals, Kind, Superhero, Superheroes, Though

I'm pretty happy with who I am. I like myself and what I'm doing. I don't need to be the world's greatest director or the most famous -- or the richest. I don't need to make a whole lot of great films. I can do my job and I can do it pretty well. This is the realization I've come to, later in life. It's called growing up.

Come, Growing Up, Job, Jobs, Later In Life, Like

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

Directing, Equipment, Storytelling

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

Like, Men, Michael, Monsters, Scary, Walk

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.

Falling In Love, Hero, Heroes, Moved, Music, Powerful

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

Keyboards, Note, Play, Write, Writing

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.

Films, Horror, Looks, Picture, Rooms, Tongue

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.

Everything, People, Play, Trying

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.

Actresses, Beautiful, Crazy, People

Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are just two basic stories in horror, two simple ones -- evil is outside and evil is in here [points to his heart].

Evil, Heart, Ones, Simple, Technology

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