Rob Zombie Quotes Page 2
Best 73 Quotes by Rob Zombie – Page 2 of 3
“I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.”
“I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love.”
“I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much.”
“I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.”
“I remember, especially like when I was in high school, going to see like 'Dawn of the Dead' and it was like mayhem in the theater and you could barely even watch the movie. It was so fun.”
“I think if you're going to remake a film it should be something that was a good idea, but wasn't executed well. There isn't anything I would like to remake. I have too many of my own ideas I want to make.”
“I try to stay friends with everybody because you might go back and work with somebody who you had a horrible experience with and it could be great the next time. You never know which way it's going to go, never say never.”
“I understand why some kid in his bedroom in Wisconsin thinks downloading songs couldn't hurt anyone. True fans will buy the CD or go see the movie after downloading, but to say it doesn't affect anyone – come on.”
“I used to be upset by reviews, until I saw who wrote them.”
“I'm definitely of the mindset of 'I wouldn't want to be part of any group that would have me as a member'.”
“I'm not a big fan of remakes. And even if they are good, they're still not as good as the original, so what's the point?”
“I'm not a big fan of the thought that you can become a star by winning a contest. I'm sort of old-fashioned. I think people need to get out there and they need to work and they need to do their music because they love it. If they become successful, then great, and if they are not, whatever.”
“I'm not extremely political. I think everything should be layed out and you can make your own conclusions. As soon as I feel I'm being taught something or preached something, I just glaze over it and I don't want to hear it.”
“I'm psychotically involved in every tiny little aspect. That's just the way I've been about everything my whole life.”
“I'm sick of remakes, how about something different. That's the thing – people always come to me and are like 'what do you want to remake, we know we can get that greenlight, what do you want to make?' I don't want to remake a goddamn f*cking thing.”
“I've always been a fan of just extreme things. Whether it be in movies, books, TV or real life.”
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“I'm aware of Yusef Lateef and Sun Ra and John Coltrane. My music cup runneth over. I try to encourage people: don't cut anything off, don't limit yourself. Give it a good listen: you might find something in that goofy Sun Ra noise, that dissonance.
Before I learned 'official musicality' – which you should avoid at all costs – I listened to some Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef and John Coltrane and that's where 'Journey to the Center of the Mind' came from.
When you intentionally and aggressively pursue musical communication with those powerfully impactful musical geniuses, you will pick up something.”
“If you have a lot of money, you know that you can make almost anything happen, but with a smaller budget you don't have a lot of time or too many resources, so you have to conceive things in a very simple manner and make them happen fast.”
“It's never been about making money.”
“Just getting movies made is difficult because it takes a lot of money; I mean, it costs more money to make one movie than most bands will spend on every single record of their entire career; it's a huge undertaking.”
“My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.”
“My goal is to keep making films and grow as a film maker; that's always my goal.”
“NC-17 means that you get it in like 3 theaters. They won't run the spots on MTV, won't run the advertising. It's the kiss of death so there was really no other choice.”
“No matter how successful the remake is, it seems to me it's forgotten quickly after and it's the original that still lives on.”
“Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.”
“One of the main things when you get notes from a studio is they don't want anyone to be confused ever, everything has got to be so obvious at all times unless it's a twist ending.”
“People have this delusion that everything has to be for everybody at all times. Every album must be liked by everybody, and every TV show must be liked by everybody, and every movie must be liked by everybody. Everything then becomes bland.”
“People just like the thrill of anything. Dangerous things and dark things are exciting. Like as a kid, I knew I wasn't going to get killed if I went into the Haunted House but you kind of feel like you are. And when it comes out the track the other side, it's like, "we're still alive"! And I find it really funny when adults get really scared because I've not been really scared since I saw Jaws when I was a little kid. I just think people like the thrill of it, they like to feel like they accomplished something, that they survived the movie.”
“Short answers seem like you don't care even if you are trying to answer. I get the same flack for my short texting.”
“Sometimes I feel like people don't even know how to react in some situations because of online culture. Since many things are online, you might not react to something that is happening live.”
“Sometimes things just aren't of their time, and they take a minute to catch on, or they find an audience later. Sometimes bizarre little films are the ones that everyone remembers later. With most big major blockbusters, people will have already forgotten about it two weeks after it came out.”
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“All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.”
