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Grinch had so many people in make up - virtually everybody. We had about 100 people a day for five months. And every day we would use 100 sets of appliances.
I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them.
I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!
It's always kind of a shock the first time you see a m... (more Rick Baker quotes)
Rick won the very first Oscar for Make-Up for his work on An American Werewolf In London (1981). He also received Oscars and nominations for the following films:
Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes (1984) (nominated, shared with Paul Engelen)
Harry And The Hendersons (1987) (won Oscar)
Coming To America (1988) (nominated)
Ed Wood (1994) (won Oscar, shared with Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng)
The Nutty Professor (1996) (won Oscar, shared with David LeRoy Anderson)
Men In Bl... (more Rick Baker trivia)
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Ten generations of the Bone family: Allied with the Baker, Ballard, Cron, Mason, Poland, Pridgen, Roberson, Ricks, Taylor, Vick, and Winstead families by Frederick Holmes Cron |
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CINEFEX (16) Sixteen - April 1984: Rick Baker - Maker of Monsters Master of Apes by Don (editor) (Jordan Fox) (re: Rick Baker) Shay |