Rick Baker Quotes

It was close to like a 67- or 70-day shoot for 'Tron' on stage, in the suit. You can't even sit down during the day because of all the cables that divide the foam rubber and all the electrical circuits. We had these stools that were tall with a bicycle seat on them and you're just looking at a blue screen all day.

Shooting a horror story with kids, I always explain really simply. They may be scary to watch, but they're a lot of fun to shoot. You know, the kids have a great time shooting these movies. Whether you let them watch it is another matter.

I never wore a single fedora filming 'L.A. Noire.' It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

Well, getting behind the camera is something I've always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like 'Zathura' I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge.

I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to really do that is to take on as many roles as possible, whether it be as an actor, an editor, a director, a cinematographer.

I made it about a three-day weekend so people wouldn't have to change their clothes a lot. We didn't have an art department; we didn't have a make-up department.

I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.

That's what so great about making movies. It's that you get to do stuff you never would be able to do in real life. You get to go to a recording studio, you get to go to Navy ships and fly all over the world for press. And it's just a great job.

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on.

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

I never wanted to be in the show business. I wanted to do special effects.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.

If I looked good in 'Wolf of Wall Street,' I cannot take full credit; it was because of the hair extensions and makeup.

The hardest part about making movies is staying the exact same weight every day and looking the same.

I always wanted to design for films.

I don't mind doing the green-screen stuff at all, and in fact it's a lot like black-box theater, which I did plenty of in New York.

I am starting to explore directing, maybe in the future in the world of 'White Collar.'

With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.

Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.