There's always something that draws you away from the original script.

- Roger Corman

In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady.

- Roger Corman

In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.

- Roger Corman

Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this c…

- Roger Corman

I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, …

- Roger Corman

The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't very good, you'll g…

- Roger Corman

One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work.

- Roger Corman

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make mone…

- Roger Corman

When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call them rules. But r…

- Roger Corman