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> [I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/i-actually-picked-up-copies-of-decline-i-and-ii-at-a-flea-market-once/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

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## More by Penelope Spheeris

> [In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/in-other-countries-it-s-a-common-thing-to-have-outcast-children/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [My mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/my-mother-was-a-barmaid-and-i-was-raised-in-a-trailer-park-i-m-used/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/nobody-wanted-to-touch-decline-iii-when-they-found-out-what-it-was/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/the-first-decline-i-did-was-out-of-sheer-love-and-appreciation-for/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/when-men-have-money-and-power-they-get-turned-on-sexually-they-get/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/for-the-most-part-studio-movies-have-huge-budgets-they-don-t-do/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/i-got-irs-records-to-finance-what-i-wanted-to-do/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/it-is-the-idea-that-it-s-a-movie-in-a-movie-so-i-did-it/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/i-really-feel-kind-of-guilty-spending-80-million-dollars-people-are/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/i-actually-picked-up-copies-of-decline-i-and-ii-at-a-flea-market-once/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/me-and-johnny-rotten-have-been-talking-about-doing-a-movie-of-his/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/decline-iii-i-funded-myself-from-the-studio-money-that-and-i-sold-a/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [Different parents have different standards for their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/different-parents-have-different-standards-for-their-children/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/it-s-really-hard-to-imagine-there-ever-being-the-kind-of-impact-there/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

> [What I found interesting is that it's human nature to have a family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-spheeris/what-i-found-interesting-is-that-it-s-human-nature-to-have-a-family/)

[Penelope Spheeris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-spheeris/)

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