To Make Movies You Just Have To

I Just Aim For Basketball Season To Start. I Don't Really Care About Anything Else In Life.

To Survive You Have To Withstand The Changes In The Business. This Business Has Gone Through So Many Changes Since I Was Young And Now It Is On To Something Else. It Is All Weird Today, For Me, Because I Am From The Old Times. You Just Have To Keep Adapting. Isn't That Darwinism? The Creature That Adapts To Its Environment Survives.

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.

Remakes, In General, Are A Result Of Necessity Being The Mother Of Invention. They Can't Open Movies Consistently And Break Through The Advertising Clutter That's Out There.

When I Got Into The Movie Business, Working With Actors Was The One Thing I Was Really Weak At. I Didn't Know What To Say To Actors. They Scared Me And Intimidated Me. The Actors That I've Worked With Who Have Had A Lot Of Experience, Or Who I've Even Grown Up Watching As A Kid, Were Really Scary. I Was Like, "what Am I Going To Say To This Person?" But, I've Matured. It's Fun. I Understand What Actors Do Now.