Quotes by Rick Baker

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

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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

— Rick Baker

Hope

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.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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

— Rick Baker

Education

It's fun doing new things.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them.

— Rick Baker

Life

Sometimes we think of a creature like a person in a suit, but then you have limitations of two eyes and two legs - they have to see and breathe. I got more into puppetry because it offered more possibilities.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

CGI has a lot of backlash now. I think it's just because there are so many people doing it. It's a tool and it's only as good as the people behind it.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I always wanted to make aliens that looked like '60s aliens.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

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?'

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I do a lot of CG stuff for fun.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I don't want to be doing movies that I don't want to do. They take so much out of you.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I enjoy doing digital work. I enjoy sculpting digitally. I've had my digital sculptures on covers of the top digital magazines.

— Rick Baker

Success

I feel like I have to top myself every film I do, and it gets hard.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

— Rick Baker

Love

I have always tried to stay current.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I love making scary faces, that's just how I grew up.

— Rick Baker

Love

I used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom

I wanted to make sure to always stay current, try to find new material and stay with the modern techniques.

— Rick Baker

Wisdom