Tobe Hooper quotes
Tobe Hooper was an American director best known for his influential work in the horror genre. His films, such as "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "Poltergeist," have become classics and shaped modern horror cinema. He is remembered for his unique style and significant impact on the film industry. Here are 14 of his quotes:
I wanted to be an actor or be a director since I was a very small child. I mean, my mother went into labor at a movie theater. There were, like, four movie theaters around us when I was growing up in Austin. Movies became my babysitter. I think I saw more films than I saw reality. Then I noticed something when I was in my late teens that really made my thinking shift in what I wanted to do with film. When I was watching a film as a young man, there would be a second or two when I drifted outside of myself. I noticed how for a moment, in the image and music and train of information, I was traveling through the film, leaving myself. And I knew that was something I wanted to do. I wanted to see how long I could make that feeling go on-if I could take someone outside themselves, outside their body for a minute, five minutes, maybe even 80 minutes, 90 minutes.
Tobe Hooper
Tobe Hooper
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Occupation: American Director
Born: January 25, 1943
Died: August 26, 2017
Quotes count: 14
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