Lloyd Kaufman Quotes

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• In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous over eating is encouraged so that the…
• My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford,…
• I don't make crappy movies. I spend two or three years making a film. I don't take myself seriously, but I take my movies very…
• The person who goes to the Troma movie knows that he or she may love the Troma movie or, he or she may hate the…
• I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people.
• If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million people in the…
• There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was…
• Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.
• Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.
• I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.
• My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.
• I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being…
• I'm from the '60s, but no one has ever accused me of being a hippie. I never had much interest in the Woodstock crowd, which…
• The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years…
• The thing I find about the movie industry is that 99 percent of the people are absolute scum. They're horrible people, they really are. Very…
• Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.
• I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a…
• It is up to us to produce better-quality movies.
• In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving…
• That DMC Act is a disgrace. And the problem with independent art in this country is that independent artists have been economically blacklisted.

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