John Carpenter Quotes (page 2)
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I don`t deny that commercial success means a lot to me, the best reviews you can get are at the box office.
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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 ...
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[On why he passed on Fatal Attraction (1987)] There wasn`t a grain of originality in it - it was Play Misty for Me (1971) with Michael Douglas filling in for Clint Eastwood. Also, the original version, the script I read, had Glenn Close winning in the end...
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I`m flattered if someone comes to me with the idea of remaking one of my films. Remake or original, making a movie still comes down to old-fashioned hard work. If it`s based on another film, well, so be it. Remakes have been part of cinema since its earli...
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I have always had different aspects to my personality. I think I`m a long-term pessimist and a short-term optimist. I do feel a great darkness about humanity. But -- simultaneously and contradictorily -- I also feel that life can be pretty fabulous. I sho...
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