KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Tobe Hooper Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Tobe Hooper

Showing 1-10 of 13 Quotes by Tobe Hooper

No matter where you're going it's the wrong place.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In the meantime I went to London to do Lifeforce.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece.

~Tobe Hooper

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 25th, 1943

Links

Find Tobe Hooper on Amazon

Related Authors

Woody Allen
Tim Burton
James Cameron
Stanley Kubrick
George Lucas
David Lynch
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino

Popular Authors

Lucille Ball W. E. B. Du Bois Hillary Clinton Noel Coward Frances Farmer Sophia Loren Georgia O'Keeffe Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1938 - Kofi Annan

1947 - Robert Kiyosaki

1732 - David Rittenhouse

1859 - Edmund Husserl

1869 - Harvey Cushing

1888 - Dennis Chavez

1892 - Mary Pickford

1896 - E. Y. Harburg

1903 - Ilka Chase

1911 - Emil Cioran

Birthdays on April 8th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Dating Dreams Failure Inspirational Knowledge Politics Relationship Science