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We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.
To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.
I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life.
You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough. 
In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. 
I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note. 
I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal. 
I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it. 
Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it. 
There are a lot of movies that I don't care about, especially not remakes. 
I love making movies. 
I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it. 
Halloween put me on the map, and I'm very sad to hear of his death. 