Quotes By Richard King

We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it.

In this way, some film schools can be destructive.

Each feature I make is my focus at that time.

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.

Yet I never want to make a movie purely for the money.

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies.

The horror genre is important because it promotes experimentation in filmmaking.

If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist.

When I'm working on a movie, I will make any sacrifice to finish it.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off.

I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie.

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good.

I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding.

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.

And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge.

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.

Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways.

Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning.

Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project.

This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level.

I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society.

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.

Cinema has only been around for about 100 years. Has all of the world's violence towards women taken place only within the past 100 years?

I did not go to film school.

I aspire to eventually be making my living by making movies.

Censorship of ideas or images or words is wrong.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.