Quotes from Larry Cohen

The ending is really the most important part of the movie. If the first hour and 20 minutes is terrific and the last ten minutes stinks, everybody walks out of the theatre and says: 'That was a lousy movie!'

Most of my films have a lot of character development and exploration, whereas in most horror movies the characters are just cardboard.

Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.

those living in rural areas have higher levels of stress and fewer resources to cope with stress. For example,

Conceptualize that primary prevention extends beyond the individual by improving health outcomes of entire communities

prevention supports the health care infrastructure, is an effective use of health care resources, and assists those most in need by decreasing disparities in health.

Thus the greater impact occurs with strategies that focus on the primary prevention of diseases at the policy and environmental-change

Primary prevention requires a shift from a focus on programs to a focus on more far-reaching prevention initiatives and from a focus on the individual to a focus on the environment.

many forces in the social, cultural, and physical environment conspire against such change (Institute of Medicine, 2000, p. 4). It is therefore essential for a successful prevention initiative to be comprehensive; it must address the environmental as well as individual

moving our focus in the social and behavioral sciences from risk to resilience and from a concern with individual deficit and pathology

differences in health that are not only avoidable and unnecessary but in addition unjust and unfair.

all people with fair opportunities to attain their full health potential to the extent possible" (Braveman, 2006, p. 167).

approach takes a rising percentage of payments as income increases, whereas a regressive approach takes a falling percentage as income

In other words, risk-focused studies do not generally give us research-based answers or prevention

Blum notes that, in reality, there are four major determinants of health: environment, heredity, lifestyle, and health care services. Of these four, Blum found that "by far the most potent and omnipresent set of forces is the one labeled 'environmental, ' while behavior and lifestyle are the second most powerful force" (p. 43).

More than habits, often based in culture and tradition, norms are regularities in behavior to which people generally conform (Ullmann-Margalit, 1990).

Furthermore, the return on investment for prevention is substantial; for every $1 invested in community-based prevention, the return amounts to $5.60 in the fifth year. Prevention investments result in savings for both public and private health care

women are the greatest consumers of health-related products and services. Women are often first to take responsibility, not only for the health and well-being of themselves and their offspring, but also for the health of men. This helps explain why single men have the greatest health risks—and why the benefits of marriage are consistently found to be greater for men than for women (who can suffer substantial stress in caring for their spouses) (Courtenay, 2000a).

All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.

Are you eating it? Or is it eating you?