Legendary horror director John Carpenter just wants to play video games, watch basketball, and eat Popsicles: ‘I’m not a master of anything’

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1. I’m also a little bit of a John Carpenter myself.

2. He really just doesn’t give any effs. He’s retired and doesn’t take his work too seriously, good for him, the interviewer persistently tried dragging him into answering serious questions and he wasn’t having any of it.

3. Truly the most relatable director.

4. That’s a smart person answer. I don’t know anything.

5. I’m just like John Carpenter then, minus the multi million on my bank account…

6. Found this article from last year, [fun to watch him talk games!](https://www.avclub.com/john-carpenter-video-games-interview-halloween-ends-1849641145)

7. Living the life.

8. Folks! Read the article! It’s a classic example of old man frontier gipperish the likes we haven’t seen since Blazing Saddles.

9. He’s like me fr

10. Been meaning to work my way through is filmography! This must be a sign. Thinking of starting with The Thing. Any other suggestions?

11. This guy passes the vibe check.

12. Wish a lot of our aged elected officials had this mentality. Won’t retire b/c they don’t know how to just live life

13. Goddamn right he does

14. Sounds hella based

15. I hear he plays Fallout 76.

16. I love Carpenter’s approach to life. He just plays his games, smokes his weed and creates music and movies when he wants to!
    He also has a healthy approach to sequels and remakes of his work: “I don’t care as long as I get a check” 😅

17. Holy shit…I am John Carpenter

18. He prefers “The Thing From Another World (1951)” over his own classic remake.

    This man is proof positive that everyone who remakes anything (and isn’t a raging narcissist) always prefers the original.