John Landis famous quotes

03-30-2025

I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.
-- John Landis

#Thinking #Luxury #Snow
One of the challenges of the movie is there are no apologies or excuses.
-- John Landis

#Apology #Challenges #Excuse
But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B pictures with A budgets. That's the biggest difference.
-- John Landis

#Differences #Interesting #Boards
I'm very lucky to have worked in the '70s. It's a different industry and distribution is in a state of flux. It's all different platforms, they're doing this video-on-demand thing and also playing the film theatrically. It's funny to me: In the States it's an arthouse movie.
-- John Landis

#Different #Lucky #Video
The idea of doing a children's film is different, but quite honestly I like doing anything - any genre. I've only made one Western, which was 'Three Amigos,' but I would love to make a serious Western. I'm just wide open.
-- John Landis

#Children #Ideas #Different
In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.
-- John Landis

#Careers #Critics
I'm following a real event and real people.
-- John Landis

#Real #People #Events
There have been 14 versions that I can find of Burke & Hare movies. They have all been horror films and all the movies have taken place in Victorian times, which doesn't make any sense.
-- John Landis

#Taken #Horror #Film
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, London - I've been in all these cities, shooting away in the winter, thinking, 'People who choose to live here are insane.
-- John Landis

#New York #Winter #Thinking
For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need someone to put up the money.
-- John Landis

#Thinking #People #Needs
Directors, like actors, get typecast.
-- John Landis

#Directors #Actors
I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and here, and I love working on them.
-- John Landis

#Spain #Youth
Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.
-- John Landis

#Tv Shows #Directors #Actors
After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.
-- John Landis

#Brother #Real #Numbers
I've been all over the world, and to be in Milan and see guys dressed as Jake and Elwood is amazing. They really have become a part of the culture.
-- John Landis

#Guy #Jake #Culture
The field (of filmmaking) is suddenly sexy, ... so it's deluged with these wannabes who say 'I don't want to be a secret agent, I'll be a filmmaker.' I think a lot of people are really kind of naive.
-- John Landis

#Sexy #Thinking #People
Universal rushed us. We started shooting without a script that was totally completed.
-- John Landis

#Shooting #Scripts
Quite honestly, ... there`s never been stunt driving before or after as spectacular or elaborate. That`s all real, no (computer trickery).
-- John Landis

#Real #Driving #Computer
The pedigree's pretty high. For people who are really scary movie fans, this is nirvana. If you're in the mood to get scared, just watch this every week. It'll creep you out.
-- John Landis

#People #Scary #Fans
It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the video business works now, the artist and the record label send out a song to a bunch of different directors and say, 'What would you do with this?' Then everyone has to come up with an idea and bid on it. For me, it's like, 'Hey, you want me to do it? Then pay me. I'm not auditioning for you.'
-- John Landis

#Song #Mean #Artist
I have always loved you.
-- John Landis

#Leadership #Always Loved You
Well, the bottom line is that I'm extremely pleased with 'The Stupids.' I'm pleased that it's coming out, and it should look good. It's nice looking, with the colors and stuff. I made it for kids, and I really would like them to see it.
-- John Landis

#Nice #Kids #Color

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