I enjoyed ‘The Avengers.’ I couldn’t do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren’t my deal. John Carpenter Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster. John Carpenter Read Quote
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. John Carpenter Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In England, I’m a horror movie director. In Germany, I’m a filmmaker. In the US, I’m a bum. John Carpenter Read Quote
