I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.
Tobe HooperThousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out.
Tobe HooperI don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds.
Tobe HooperIf one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light
Tobe HooperI had an experience in a restaurant one time where there was a large trolley with beef being carved up, and I just transposed different images onto it. Like, what if there was a nice little cow there with a bowtie and a knife carving up humans. I was a vegetarian for a couple of years after that.
Tobe Hooper