John Carpenter
Related I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures tha... JAMES STEWART TOMMY LEE JONES Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And th... RANDOLPH SCOTT I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's off... HAMDI ULUKAYA I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was. TOBIN BELL I have always loved westerns... supernatural westerns in particular. One of my first professional sh... CULLEN BUNN I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself d... CAITY LOTZ GEORGE LUCAS I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But whe... JARED KUSHNER JOHN HUGHES I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked i... SAM DONALDSON I was working in Lexington when I recognized this actor, Michael Shannon, and I was like, 'What ... BOYD HOLBROOK SHANNON LUCID I kind of did that when I first got back. I got that out of my system. It was only special to me as ... JAMES WILLIS I moved to California when I was twelve and I got a video camera and made little movies because I di... DYLAN O'BRIEN I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so... URSULA ANDRESS TOM SELLECK EVANGELINE LILLY MADONNA CICCONE ORLANDO BLOOM BILL NYE I quit wrestling in 2006 because I just got lost. My mom didn't want me wrestling. I was wonderi... BECKY LYNCH I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but ... JASON PATRIC I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the m... DANIEL JOHNSTON Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so ... BARRY LEVINSON NIECY NASH KEVIN BACON They say it's good but I didn't know what I was doing until I got into the suit and they put... HARVEY KORMAN I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas ... FLORENCE WELCH CHANNING TATUM But then, you know, I'm very happy, I've got to this stage in my life and I'm not dead. ... MICHAEL HUTCHENCE I got into this business to make games that I wanted to play. Turns out that there's millions of peo... BRUCE SHELLEY When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank f... CHELAN SIMMONS I got to work with a lot of great producers. That's where I really got my chops and started to reall... LAWRENCE WILLIAMS KALEY CUOCO I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, ... JEFF AMENT ADAM DRIVER After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, '... IRVIN KERSHNER I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh,... ED OXENBOULD Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collabor... GARY PAULSEN Since I got to this country when I was 12, I've been obsessed with this idea of whiteness and bl... JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast.... DONALD PLEASENCE I don't like most Christmas movies. They're pretty bad, though they seem to make tons of mon... TERRY ZWIGOFF The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acti... CAMPBELL SCOTT Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so ... BARRY LEVINSON ERIC CLAPTON JOHN KRASINSKI In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept w... BENMONT TENCH I was supposed to be working on 'The Weekenders,' but I was blocked. I got this crazy idea t... MARY KAY ANDREWS ADAM SCOTT I'm just so sorry my wife and son aren't here to enjoy all this. Because they worked so hard for me.... BILLY JOE SHAVER ANDREA JUNG HOLLY MADISON BARRY WHITE DIANNA AGRON ED ASNER I once pitched this show that was just like 'Quantum Leap,' in terms of the set-up, and I go... ADAM GREEN I loved Westerns as a kid, and I wanted to see if they held up, SAM PECKINPAH I was big into mythology when I was a kid - Arthurian legends and Greek mythology, that was kind of ... STEVE VALENTINE I grew up in Hollywood during WWII, and my mother was afraid that my father was going to be drafted ... KAROLYN GRIMES JOHN MCENROE I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and ... FRANK GEHRY TRACY MORGAN MARY STEENBURGEN DAVID HAREWOOD People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only g... AL MADRIGAL In the early 1980s, I got into a war with my management - they just kept on suing me and I lost ever... MEAT LOAF I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Ca... PAM GRIER The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding ... SAM DONALDSON I got a degree in sociology, didn't read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, ... ANDRE DUBUS III CARL LEWIS I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, ... BARRY JENKINS My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You wan... ABEL FERRARA I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in p... ZACH BRAFF SAM WALTON I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, thoug... MAIKA MONROE I knew when I got into this business I couldn't have it both ways: I could live the playboy life... CHRIS O'DONNELL I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry F... PETER FONDA I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I d... LARRY BISHOP I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an... DOMINIC CHIANESE LANCE GROSS ADAM ANT DOUG LIMAN My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly ... CHLOE GRACE MORETZ JANE HADDAM I got what I needed out of Princeton in 1 year, and I didn't think it was useful. MANOJ BHARGAVA I used to work at this store, and I got fired when I actually booked the job on 'Glee' becau... TAYLOUR PAIGE When I first got sick, they told me I had a year to live, and I was writing my memoir really fast. T... JOHN LURIE I think it's been a great partnership. They got into this just to have fun together and do something... COLE SCROGHAM JUNIOR SEAU KEIRA KNIGHTLEY I've been shopping with Mike since I was a kid, and, back in January he offered me the business. I g... MARK STUART It's so much harder to keep your clothes on than take them off in this business. Even in Exotica... MIA KIRSHNER Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch televi... E. L. JAMES In middle school, I started to draw, and my pencil sketches were huge. They were these 4ft by 3ft dr... JEFF KINNEY My entrepreneurial spirit happened all day long because I got to think of things that kids would int... STEVE SPANGLER I started doing martial arts when I was about 7, and I got my second degree black belt when I was 19... 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