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
People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries." — John Waters Copy Share Image
Hairspray is the only movie I made that's subversive, because they're doing it in every high school in America. A man's playing… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" hitchhiker really made people never want to hitchhike again - the hitcher, the show. Hitchhiking is always vaguely… — 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 liked speed. I was on black beauties all the time. Nothing bad happened to me. I didn't become a drug addict… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I don't know how I made those movies. I went out every single night, I smoked pot every single day. I drank.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Once I had a shrink who said, "Your parents are the fuel you run on," because I was raised in the tyranny… — 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
Things are going great in every part of my life except movies. That's okay. I've got a lot of other parts of… — 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
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