Quotes by Rick Baker (born December 8, 1950)

Rick Baker Quotes

- Grinch had so many people in make up - virtually everybody. We had about 100 people a day for five months. And every day we would use 100 sets of appliances.

- 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.

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

- I had a blood-and-guts period when I was a kid, but I just think that whole splatter movie thing kinda got out of control, and too many people became too desensitized to other people being brutally murdered, you know?

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

- Very early in my career, I became disappointed with the limitations of make up. There's only so much you can build up on some people before it stops looking believable and starts looking like a mask. You're also limited by the face that you're working with. If you have a big nose, the make up has to have a big nose.

- It's always kind of a shock the first time you see a movie that you worked on to see what's really inside the edit. And how much of it, you know?

- When I was in Famous Monsters as 'Rick Baker, Monster Maker,' I'd made it, that was the most famous I ever felt.

- I usually say "I'm Rick Baker, I'm a makeup artist.

- I like that place. They helped me out a lot,

- I have a responsibility to make sure my citizens are protected. That goes beyond the legal mandate,

- The county administrator is the chief operating person for the county and I am that for the city, ... We have dozens and dozens of issues that we're working on at all times.

- Seeing kids who didn't think they were going to get a diploma actually get one -- most of them are really appreciative, ... I never thought at this stage of my life I would be doing something like this in my thirty-sixth year (of teaching). I thought I would be sitting back in my rocking chair.

- It happened so fast, and in the dark, that nobody knows what happened.

- No matter what, ... I'll always be a Rays supporter.”

- People have been asking for this post office for more than 50 years, ... It just wasn't able to be done. It was very hard to do.

- We really are following through on our promise to make St. Petersburg a seamless community,

- They are the ones who feel it most when any kind of heating price increases come along. Unfortunately, when they pay for their heat, they do without something else. You might have to cut back on medicine or food. With the clients we serve, it's a decision they have to make every day.

- I told them I would support their move to do that, ... I thought it was an investment in goodwill.

- What do you say to someone who's just experienced something like this? It's terrible, ... I knew Patrick and he was a really great young man. He had a lot of heart. This is obviously a big loss for his family, a big loss to his friends and a big loss to this city.

- You are laughing at our police officers but I'm proud of them,

- Mr. Helm taking credit for taking down the barricades is like Al Gore claiming credit for the Internet, ... It's simply not true.

- I think you've been on television plenty, Ed,

- [Emerging from decisive victory, Baker employed the same tactic as Fischer, extending a hand to west St. Petersburg.] It was a very deliberate thing, ... West St. Petersburg is a big, important part of the city.

- We have something never seen before, ... Two blocks of art as a village with condominiums on top.

- We'll have forums and debates, ... There's not been any ducking.

- The first domino is the Texas-OU situation. Anyone involved in college football in the area has to know how important that event is. For our part, we're going to stay right on top of things as they progress. We're really on the sidelines of this whole discussion, though, outside of whatever we can do to help.

- We do use Staples and their rewards card. It's convenient to order online, and you typically have the items delivered to the door the next day with no shipping costs.

- Probably one of the biggest savings is with using a waste oil furnace to provide heat for the shop. This is a cost savings for us of about $700 a month during the heating season.

- I grew up in Indianapolis, going to the 500, and I love it. Having this race here is like heaven for me.

- This group will be the strength of the team.

- If you lose the development as a result, we continue to have 100 percent of zero (new revenue). Incentives are an investment on the communities' part, to offset some of the related cost to bring development and the jobs and the tax revenue that result from it.