John Carpenter Quotes

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.

Initially, I got into the business to do drama. I never really thought I would be doing sci-fi films.

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.

Horror movies don't exist unless you go and see them, and people always will.

It is the creature that stands at the center of horror movies, not those who have made it their business to bring the beast down. We're all the same.

I have to tell you this - as a teenager, I never used to see any horror films till I started acting in films.

Around 2008 when the writers' strike happened, all my stuff was getting stuck in development, and I thought, 'I'm going to try my hand at horror because I always loved it as a kid.'

Horror movies scare me, because I watch them as just - I don't even watch them as an actor.

With a horror movie, you're making a metaphor. You're making a personalized nightmare for the protagonist.

I came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures.

I never liked horror up until I was like 10 years old.

I've always loved Salem, and I love the title of Scream Queen.

I do watch a lot of horror movies, so not a lot of things scare me anymore.

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

I've always been really terrible with horror films. I scare really easily and can't stand all the violence and gore.

I am actually scared of even watching a horror movie.

There was never a conscious dream to enter films.

I am scared of horror movies.

The only thing is, I'm terrified of horror movies. I'm scared - I'm admitting it! I mean, I would still do a horror movie; I just probably wouldn't be able to watch it.

As an audience, I must share that I was never a fan of a horror films.

Horror films in India always have a strong love story.

I've done a lot of genre movies.

My adult life is filled with the things horror movies are made of.

Whether it's via the monstrous or the paranormal, horror actually can really get at some of the most fundamental human questions.