The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in. — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, and Stan Brakhage. I then decided to make my own films! — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
I don't make crappy movies. I spend two or three years making a film. I don't take myself seriously, but I take my movies… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people. — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
It's a lonely world, being independent, and they can come away with the idea that if Lloyd Kaufman can make movies with people getting their heads squashed, with hard-bodied lesbians, women masturbating with pickles, graphic diarrhea, and singing and dancing chicken zombies - if he can do that for 40 years and put his kids through Yale, Columbia, and Duke… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share
If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million people in… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies. — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food. — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
Mickey Mouse should be in the public domain by now. What a better world it would be if other people were doing things with… — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
