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I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal.

~John Carpenter

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When I was a kid, I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein,' 'The Creeping Unknown,' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet,' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies, generally.

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Way back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked to me about Batman. I had to think about it, but that was way, way back when.

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I love making movies.

~John Carpenter

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I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with. I don't think I'd be good with... broad comedy? I don't know. Maybe I would.

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There are a lot of movies that I don't care about, especially not remakes.

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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.

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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.

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From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them, electronic, but like an orchestra. And I could play it all myself. That was exciting.

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I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 16th, 1948

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