Lloyd Kaufman

I don't make crappy movies. I spend two or three years making a film. I don't take myself seriously, but I take…

— Lloyd Kaufman

The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom…

— Lloyd Kaufman

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as…

— Lloyd Kaufman

I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat…

— Lloyd Kaufman

It's a lonely world, being independent, and they can come away with the idea that if Lloyd Kaufman can make movies with…

— Lloyd Kaufman

If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million…

— Lloyd Kaufman

There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary,…

— Lloyd Kaufman

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film…

— Lloyd Kaufman

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so…

— Lloyd Kaufman

The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies.

— Lloyd Kaufman

Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.

— Lloyd Kaufman

Mickey Mouse should be in the public domain by now. What a better world it would be if other people were doing…

— Lloyd Kaufman

I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping…

— Lloyd Kaufman

Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.

— Lloyd Kaufman

I would only make a movie that I believe in. If I didn't believe in it, it would be unworthy.

— Lloyd Kaufman

If you're an independent, you don't get on TV. And in the rare instances that you do get on, you get a…

— Lloyd Kaufman

I was going to be a teacher and improve the world. Teach people with hooks for hands to fingerpaint, and teach bums…

— Lloyd Kaufman

Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters."

— Lloyd Kaufman

I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.

— Lloyd Kaufman

My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.

— Lloyd Kaufman

Being a gay married man, I love Broadway musicals.

— Lloyd Kaufman

I didn't even know what a film director was. To me, Charlie Chaplin was a goofy clown, and John Ford - what?…

— Lloyd Kaufman

That DMC Act is a disgrace. And the problem with independent art in this country is that independent artists have been economically…

— Lloyd Kaufman

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratutious over eating is encouraged…

— Lloyd Kaufman

My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works…

— Lloyd Kaufman