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1. "To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster." ~ John Carpenter
2. "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
3. "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
4. "I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal." ~ John Carpenter
5. "In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum." ~ John Carpenter
6. "Well, 'They Live' was a primal scream against Reaganism of the '80s. And the '80s never went away. They're still with us. That's what makes 'They Live' look so fresh - it's a document of greed and insanity. It's about life in the United States then and now. If anything, things have gotten worse." ~ John Carpenter
7. "Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme." ~ John Carpenter
8. "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
9. "I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note." ~ John Carpenter
10. "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
11. "I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it." ~ John Carpenter
12. "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
13. "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
14. "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
15. "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
16. "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
17. "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
18. "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
19. "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

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