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Roger Corman
6 quotes
“We were shooting a Ku Klux Klan parade led by Bill [William Shatner], and he went through the black part of town in a parade of cars carrying crosses with the hoods, and then they burned the flaming cross. We shot late at night; I said, "Cut, print!" and everybody went, "Yeah, we're out of here!" Guys raced to their cars, the grips threw the last couple of things in the trucks and we just drove straight north.”
Roger Corman (1926–2024) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed by Strawberry Saroyan, as cited in "King of the killer B's", The Telegraph (May 6, 2007)
“I come across as a very straightforward guy and that tends to surprise people [...] Clearly my subconscious mind must be some kind of boiling inferno.”
Roger Corman (1926–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Asked why he never made a film like the art house titles his company distributed: I]t's an economic situation. All of those films were made in Europe with government subsidies. Fellini, Bergman, Truffaut did not have the necessity of having to earn their money back and so they were free to do what they liked. In the US it's different. It's a money-making industry, so that's what you have to do”
Roger Corman (1926–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't know if I would say I'm an artist. [...] I would say that I'm a craftsman. I attempt to ply my trade in the best possible way. If occasionally something transcends the craft, then that's wonderful. [...] It doesn't happen very often.”
Roger Corman (1926–2024) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview, as cited in "Roger Corman: 'My subconscious must be an inferno'", The Guardian (May 19, 2011)
“My father was an engineer and I intended to follow in his footsteps, but movies became my real passion. Careful planning is important in engineering, so I used that experience to focus on film preproduction. With the low budgets I had, I couldn't afford to have the cast and crew waiting around for days on a 10-day picture while I figured out how and what to shoot.”
Roger Corman (1926–2024) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Roger Corman still the Cult Classic King", The Spectrum (October 17, 2016)
“It's not so much watching them but understanding how they were made – the preparation and willingness to deviate when necessary especially if you're on a low budget, I also took every film I made seriously and did my best on every one.”
Roger Corman (1926–2024) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Roger Corman still the Cult Classic King", The Spectrum (October 17, 2016)