My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up. — John Waters Copy Share Image
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Always, European art cinema has been the most threatening and the grimmest and the most transgressive, I think. — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I started my goal was to make a successful underground movie. I started making movies in the mid-60s. Underground cinema then… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I built my [early] career on negative reviews. There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the… — John Waters Copy Share Image
You go to school to figure out who you want to be and how you can do it, and [maybe] I should… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think that in America there is a new movement of underground movies that wants to kick the ass of independent films… — John Waters Copy Share Image
They all want you to make a movie for under a million dollars, which I don't want to. I don't want to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
My early films look terrible! I didn't know what I was doing. I learned when I was doing it. I never went… — John Waters Copy Share Image
You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's all independent films. There aren't any! If they were looking for me when I was making Polyester, then it'd… — John Waters Copy Share Image
So to make movies, if you're first goal is to make money, well you can! Make a tent-pole movie that China wants.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, 'Oh, my last film was… — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I first saw 'House on Haunted Hill' as a kid in Baltimore, and the skeleton went out on the wire, and… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is make a cult movie. That means you got three great reviews and nobody went. An… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Bergman movies were the most influential. They used to show at Goucher University, which was where my parents used to live. 'Brink… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I like hard movies; I like ones that are basically the opposite of a date movie. — John Waters Copy Share Image
If I'm seeing a three-hour foreign film, I don't want to watch it in a bed. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Watching a movie should be like hunting. Out of context, every image of the cinema is yours for a split second. Take… — John Waters Copy Share Image
William Castle and Alfred Hitchcock were the first director-personalities. Before then, nobody in America knew what a director was. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm a film director. Gay is an adjective that I certainly am, but I don't know that it's my first one. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
New York was the last place that my movies caught on. I didn't make underground movies in New York, and in the… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you're trying to get your next… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I like film books at the bottom of the barrel and art books at the top. 'The Ghastly One,' by Jimmy McDonough,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I just went to Times Square and the underground movies, sometimes three a day. I did get my education. But I really… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I probably would have made [films] anywhere. Every city has something they're ashamed of. I would have made films about it and… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I always want to see films that are startling and amazing. Not just shocking. Shocking is easy to do. But startling in… — John Waters Copy Share Image
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely. — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I was young, there were bars called the 'Hungry Hole,' and in those same neighbourhoods are now gay people pushing baby carriages. — John Waters Copy Share Image
True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Around '62 in Baltimore, all the girls had those big hairdos. And then suddenly, a few of the really hip ones started doing their… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“John!?” I ask in shock. This woman recognizes me? It can’t be! “How do you know my name?” I wonder out loud. Suddenly she… — John Waters Copy Share Image
'Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
One Christmas, Dennis Dermody, the movie critic of 'Paper,' gave me 'Rock Hudson: A Gathering of Friends,' the master invitation list from Rock Hudson's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you. — John Waters Copy Share Image
To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm an old person because I still buy DVDs. I have every one of my albums and 45s - I even have a couple… — John Waters Copy Share Image
![“I built my [early] career on negative reviews. There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. They hated my movies. You could never have that happen today. Critics are way too hip.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aef/john-waters-751_built_i-built-my-early-career-on-negative-revi_808406.jpg)
![“You go to school to figure out who you want to be and how you can do it, and [maybe] I should have, because the films would probably be technically better.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/333/john-waters-751_can-do_you-go-to-school-to-figure-out-who-you-w_743298.jpg)
![“I probably would have made [films] anywhere. Every city has something they're ashamed of. I would have made films about it and turned it into something positive.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3bf/john-waters-751_ashamed_i-probably-would-have-made-films-anywher_3003581.jpg)
