RICHARD KING

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

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

We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express.

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

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

I did not go to film school.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 have done some short pieces that are not horror.

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

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

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

Most of my technical knowledge comes from having worked in the industrial video industry.

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

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

In this way, some film schools can be destructive.