Rick Baker Quotes & Sayings

“I hate wasting time or money and that happens all the time for no good reason, and then people save money by skimping on the important things.”

“When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.”

“I find it kind of disturbing when people cheer when someone just gets stabbed brutally.”

“So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.”

“The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.”

“I've said this so many times but there's a magic when you have a really good actor in a really good makeup.”

“Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.”

“I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?'”

“I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.”

“I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.”