Quotes from Rob Zombie

I'd always want to decorate my bedroom. I needed visuals and to be stimulated by things. I'm still like that. It's the way I see the world.

When I watch a movie, I don't make a sound or move. The more I'm into the movie, the more bored I look.

I like being organized and super particular.

Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid.

Movies in general are more generic. If something sells just make more. That's Hollywood.

Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you're pampered, you get lazy.

Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.

You know... the only person I really had to please after a point was the MPAA. Because Lions' Gate was like, hey, whatever you can get away with is fine, we don't care.

I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much.

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

you cannot please everyone, so why please anyone at all?

How can I love when you're so cheap?

I read a few of those books on how to write a screenplay, but, just like I told you with the school thing, once again, most of those books are written by someone who's never written a good script. You look at the writer's credits and they've written one episode of The Golden Girls or something. People who write good scripts, write scripts. They don't write books about writing scripts.

Some people hate the remixes, some people think it's cool. If you don't like that type of music and just like rock, you probably won't like it. But if you are open to more things, you just might dig it.

I don't believe in fate, because I'm not spiritual, but things do seem to work out.

There are so many projects that don't happen, just sometimes they don't get announced, so no one ever knows about them and you don't have to talk about them.

It was like fighting with the MPAA... to me it was like this is an R easy... but it was NC 17 over and over and even with this cut they were like, you are right on the edge buddy, one more thing and it's NC-17.

I guess I get enough real life, in real life, so that's why I like things that are more extreme.

As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.

I'm not a big fan of the thought that you can become a star by winning a contest. I'm sort of old-fashioned. I think people need to get out there and they need to work and they need to do their music because they love it. If they become successful, then great, and if they are not, whatever.

I remember, especially like when I was in high school, going to see like Dawn of the Dead and it was like mayhem in the theater and you could barely even watch the movie. It was so fun.

I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie.

I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.

I understand why some kid in his bedroom in Wisconsin thinks downloading songs couldn't hurt anyone. True fans will buy the CD or go see the movie after downloading, but to say it doesn't affect anyone - come on.