Rick Baker

Rick Baker

Richard A. "Rick" Baker (born December 8, 1950) is an American special makeup effects artist known for his creature effects.

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

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Rick Baker

When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky.

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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.

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It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

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When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

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

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I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.

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

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

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Rick Baker