Is There Any Chance Rick Baker Will Come Out of Retirement?

Do you think that there's ever a project that could come up that could tempt you into coming out of retirement? If somebody listens to you on this podcast and realizes that a lot of people have fucked with you while you worked and says, Rick, we could do something amazing, just one more. You know, when I first retired, I would have said yes. I mean, I was leaving it open that I said, well, I'll maybe do designs or consult, you know. I'm having way too much fun doing my own thing. You know, I mean, I still probably have the remains of my Halloween makeup. You know, Halloween is a big thing in my family. I'm so sorry. They didn't send you a copy of the book. It's gotten so... I'll get it. Don't worry. When I get it, I'll put it on the Instagram. Well, it's not so much about that. I just think if you're a fan, I think you're like it. No, I am a fan. I mean, I'm blown away by the response that I'm getting from people. That's awesome. I mean, they're loving it. It's not a cheap book. It's like 250 bucks, you know, but it weighs 17 pounds. It's two volumes. Oh, wow. I mean, I have 2,000 pictures from birth basically to my last film and beyond, you know, in my retirement. But I don't know where I was going with that. What did you ask me? Well, we were talking about possibly coming out of retirement. You were saying how much fun you're having right now. No, I seriously doubt that anything would get me back. Well, that's great to hear. It's not great because I would love it if you did another movie, but it's great to hear that you're having such a good time. Well, you know, one of the things I, when I watched Breaking Bad and Brian Cranston, you know, such a great actor, but I said, you know, he would make a great Lon Chaney if they ever did a remake of Man in a Thousand Faces, which was the story of Lon Chaney. He would be a perfect person, you know, besides being a great actor. And my wife, Sylvia, and I went to a Comic Con and went to a panel that they had on Breaking Bad. And we went back and I met Brian and Vince and I said that to him, you know, and I don't know, maybe if that happened, you know, I don't think anybody would go see that film now or how many people even know who Lon Chaney is now, you know, but he, to be able to recreate some of those makeups on an actor like that, you know, and if it was the right people. But again, I realized, you know, I mean, death became a more real thing to me when my parents died. And I have friends that were younger than me that are dead now. One of my favorite crew, one of my best guys, we just recently passed 54 or something. And I know there's an end in sight and I know, you know, I've got arthritis, I've got cataracts. There's a limited time that I have left to do the things I want to do and I want to do what I want to do, you know what I mean? And I don't want the frustration and the stress.