There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — 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
Irony ruined everything Even the best exploitation movies were never meant to be `so bad they were good`. They were not made… — 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
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 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
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
To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like getting… — 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 great to be able to drive around and spy on people, which I do when I'm writing. People tell me the… — John Waters Copy Share Image
My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste. — 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 [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them. — 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
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
I think that's why I've lasted this long because I love everything I make fun of! I make fun of myself first!… — 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
I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The good guys in my movies mind their own business and they don't judge other people. And the bad guys are jealous,… — 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'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
If I'm seeing a three-hour foreign film, I don't want to watch it in a bed. — 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
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