All John Waters Quotes
- You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good. Cell
- I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I think one day… Art
- If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty. Comedies
- It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after. Easy
- Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD. Acting
- Roman Candles was shown in a church, and so was Eat Your Makeup, so was Mondo Trasho, and so was Multiple Maniacs (1970). It's hard… Bowery
- I built a career on negative reviews. I didn't get a good review ever until Fran Lebowitz gave me a good review in Interview. That… Built
- There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. All
- An underground hit didn't make any money and it cost a dollar to get in. Any
- You have to remember the police used to raid and arrest the audience for seeing Scorpio Rising (1964), or Jack Smith movies. Wouldn't that be… Arrest
- Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their… Care
- I like hard movies; I like ones that are basically the opposite of a date movie. Date
- I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share certain qualities, whether… Art
- I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies. Coalesce
- I was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker]. Bergman
- I get dumber as the day goes along. Every second of the day that goes along, I get stupider. Along
- I'm the smartest at 8 A.M. I wake up at 6, drink three cups of Awake Tazo Tea and read five newspapers. I have to… Awake
- To me, racist jokes are not funny. I am politically correct, in a weird way. I like to push the boundaries that are politically correct. Boundaries
- I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article and I absolutely… Absolutely
- I love radical theorists. But at the same time, I don't agree with them a lot, but I love their theories. I love how they… Agree