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
people find-me knows
I'm not really listed anywhere; I don't know how people find me!
makeup limits i-can
There's a limit to what I can do with a makeup or with animatronics.
currents
I have always tried to stay current.
film feels hard
I feel like I have to top myself every film I do, and it gets hard.
dream able hobbies
So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.
fiction tvs horror
I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.
people enjoy
When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.
powerful mean reflection
The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasnt me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldnt do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.
digital sculpture magazines
I enjoy doing digital work. I enjoy sculpting digitally. I've had my digital sculptures on covers of the top digital magazines.
want
I don't want to be doing movies that I don't want to do. They take so much out of you.
aliens wanted
I always wanted to make aliens that looked like '60s aliens.
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.
eye thinking two
Sometimes we think of a creature like a person in a suit, but then you have limitations of two eyes and two legs - they have to see and breathe. I got more into puppetry because it offered more possibilities.
makeup magic actors
I've said this so many times but there's a magic when you have a really good actor in a really good makeup.