Greg Nicotero speech at John Carpenter's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony

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Special make-up effects creator, television producer, and director Greg Nicotero speech at John Carpenter's Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling ceremony at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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00:00Please welcome to the stage, Greg Nicotero.

00:05Good morning, everybody.

00:20Wow.

00:21Dr. Carpenter.

00:23That was a new one.

00:24I didn't know you were a fucking doctor.

00:26That's awesome.

00:27How great is that?

00:29So I'm going to start with saying everything that I'm going to say, John's going to hate.

00:34So let's just get that out of the way right now.

00:37John and I share many, many things in common.

00:40We both love Godzilla.

00:42Right?

00:43There's a Godzilla around here someplace.

00:45We love playing music, and we love scaring the hell out of people.

00:50So it shouldn't be a surprise that we've been friends for around 30 years.

00:58So knowing John the way I do, after we've been in the trenches together on about a dozen films,

01:04the one thing I can tell you is John would rather hear about you than talk about himself.

01:09He prefers not to be put on a pedestal or showered with praise, yet it's about time.

01:17He deserves a little bit of that.

01:21So whatever I say, oops.

01:23Oh, I just read the same one again.

01:27With his films, John jokes that he wants infinite mortality,

01:30but the truth is he doesn't realize he already has it.

01:34That's John Carpenter.

01:36Look, he has his own signature music sting.

01:38In every movie, it's pew.

01:40That's John Carpenter.

01:42And then you have the signature John Carpenter camera wipe accompanied with pew,

01:46and you know it's John Carpenter.

01:49I'm honored to be here and celebrate a man who just loves making movies,

01:52writing, directing, composing, acting.

01:55Yes, I think in The Fog, his line was to Hal Holbrook,

01:58hey, can I get paid, father?

02:00I mean, that's, which I, I didn't even have to look that shit up.

02:03I remember.

02:04That's how, what a nerd I am.

02:06He's fought for his art.

02:08He's bled for it and continues to follow his dream to this day,

02:12and he deserves this day and this praise.

02:16He's altered the way that we watch movies,

02:18and today is about recognizing his magnificent

02:21and unprecedented contribution to the film industry.

02:24And yes, it took me three days to write this.

02:27If I started naming the filmmakers that have been influenced by him,

02:30we would be here for a month because it's pretty much everybody in Hollywood.

02:33I could probably tell you the people that weren't influenced by John,

02:36but that would be kind of boring.

02:38And I couldn't find anybody.

02:40So it's with great pride that I'm here in great company with Kurt and Keith

02:45and Adrian and Clea and all these amazing people,

02:48all that I've worked with, Dean Cundy and Larry Franco, Mick Garris,

02:53paying tribute to my friend and my mentor.

02:55So I'm grateful to be here,

02:58and I think the one thing I'm going to hope is by the time this ends,

03:02we're finally going to find out if Keith David or Kurt Russell was the thing.

03:07So that's how we're going to end it.

03:09Congratulations, John. I love you to death.

03:12Thank you very much.

Greg Nicotero speech at John Carpenter's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony

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