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

  • I had an experience in a restaurant one time where there was a large trolley with beef being carved up, and I just transposed different images onto it. Like, what if there was a nice little cow there with a bowtie and a knife carving up humans. I was a vegetarian for a couple of years after that.

    Couple   Nice   Years  
    Interview with Kate and Laura Mulleavy, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 14, 2014.
  • The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.

    Film  
    "11 Things You Didn't Know About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" by Jennifer M. Wood, www.esquire.com. October 21, 2014.
  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    Needs   Film   Rating  
  • You can't get away, you can't escape. You'll jump through a plate-glass window several times and end up being right back in the spider's web.

    Interview with Kate and Laura Mulleavy, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 14, 2014.
  • 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.

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

    Matter  
  • I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.

    Tired   Long   Speech  
  • The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful intelligence in today's youth, and it's a part of growing up.

    Growing Up   Smart   Kids  
    Source: www.avclub.com
  • I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano.

    Children   Moving   Piano  
  • 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

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

  • 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

    Stars   Taken   Law  
  • 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

    Thinking   Pieces   Tone  
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