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" 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. "

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" Growing up, I had the weird fantasy list: I wanted to be Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee. You have to have almost psychotic drive, because you're going to have years of failure. "

Rob Zombie

Growing Up

Failure

Drive

" I'm never aiming to make a movie like someone else's movie, but in order to describe a movie to someone else who hasn't seen it, you usually have to reference things they have seen. "

" All the classic bands that have been around forever, they came up gradually. "

Rob Zombie

Classic

Forever

" You might like it as a joke or because you liked it then, but there isn't a whole new generation discovering Wham!. "

Rob Zombie

Joke

Generation

" By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was done. Just as at Universal, it was art by committee. "

" White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it. There is no reason to think that you can't do it. "

" 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. "

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

Rob Zombie

Strange

Attitude

" 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. "

" I don't want to just make horror movies; I don't want to just make any type of movie - I don't just like horror movies, I love movies. "

" I love all kinds of movies. I'd especially like to make some, you know, violent crime drama. "

" I like being organized and super particular. "

Rob Zombie

Super

Organized

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

" When you lock a movie's release date and then move it two months, it's just not good. It's good for everything but the cast, crew, and people who are creatively trying to make a film. "

" Those days if you drove cross country and you broke down on the side of the road, and the sign says 200 miles to the next gas station, you knew you were so screwed. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Rob Zombie

Look

Watch

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

" I don't know that I have a fascination with witches per se - well, maybe I just have a fascination with everything that's weird. "

" To me, horror and comedy never work. Never worked for me, anyway. "

Rob Zombie

Work

Horror

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

Rob Zombie

Drive-In

Quality

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

" I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love. "

" Just getting movies made is difficult because it takes a lot of money; I mean, it costs more money to make one movie than most bands will spend on every single record of their entire career; it's a huge undertaking. "

" I think it is good escapist entertainment even though it's bad. "

" Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires. "

Rob Zombie

Expectations

You

" It's never been about making money. "

" NC-17 means that you get it in like 3 theaters. They won't run the spots on MTV, won't run the advertising. It's the kiss of death so there was really no other choice. "

" 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 think so much about everything. I'm obsessive. "