John Carpenter Quotes

"I think Tarantino has changed things."
-John Carpenter

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

"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

"I have news for him. They turned me into a movie director."
-John Carpenter

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

"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

"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

"What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me."
-John Carpenter