Rick Baker
Rick Baker
Richard A. "Rick" Baker is an American special make-up effects creator known for his creature effects. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMakeup Artist
Date of Birth8 December 1950
CountryUnited States of America
became believable build early face limited looking people starts stops
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.
american-inventor people sets virtually
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.
asking hard office people post
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.
became blood brutally kinda people period
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?
running people credit
Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for it.
people generations television
So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff.
jobs people crew
I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!
hate people important
I hate wasting time or money and that happens all the time for no good reason, and then people save money by skimping on the important things.
people enjoy
When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.
people find-me knows
I'm not really listed anywhere; I don't know how people find me!
jobs successful people
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.
cheer people kind
I find it kind of disturbing when people cheer when someone just gets stabbed brutally.
makeup people want
I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.
thinking people tools
CGI has a lot of backlash now. I think it's just because there are so many people doing it. It's a tool and it's only as good as the people behind it.