Quotes By Rick Baker
When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.
Rick Baker
CGI has a lot of backlash now. I think it's just because there are so many people doing it. It's a tool and it's only as good as the people behind it.
Rick Baker
So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff.
Rick Baker
The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.
Rick Baker
It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain.
Rick Baker
I wanted to make sure to always stay current, try to find new material and stay with the modern techniques.
Rick Baker
I'm not a big gore hound but monster gore is different to me than killing a teenager in any way that you can when another human-like person does it. I don't know how I rationalize that really but it seems different to me.
Rick Baker
I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them.
Rick Baker
I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.
Rick Baker
When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky.
Rick Baker
I used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.
Rick Baker
When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.
Rick Baker
I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.
Rick Baker
I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?'
Rick Baker
The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.
Rick Baker
Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.
Rick Baker
I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.
Rick Baker
I hate wasting time or money and that happens all the time for no good reason, and then people save money by skimping on the important things.
Rick Baker