Somewhere in the '60s, actors became wimps and basket-case psychotics. — Paul Morrissey Actors Copy Share Image
My films always play better outside of New York, especially to critics. — Paul Morrissey Always Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be anything special. I just wanted to make films. — Paul Morrissey Anything Copy Share Image
I love Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, but not Charlie Chaplin. — Paul Morrissey Chaplin Copy Share Image
Even Andy never hung his own paintings. He'd sell them or put them in a box. — Paul Morrissey Artist Copy Share Image
It's good to aggravate people a little. It makes them pay attention. — Paul Morrissey Aggravate Copy Share Image
Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good… — Paul Morrissey Camera Copy Share Image
I think it's absurd to believe that movies should look like paintings and say something like serious books say something. — Paul Morrissey Absurd Copy Share Image
Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any… — Paul Morrissey Comedy Copy Share Image
I've always been an independent producer. I'd kind of like to be hired help for a change. I don't mind that. — Paul Morrissey Always Copy Share Image
You don't put your personal viewpoints in a good movie. A movie should only be concerned with characters, not some big moral,… — Paul Morrissey Always Copy Share Image
I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection… — Paul Morrissey Business Copy Share Image
The people of Pittsburgh should have a weekend flea market at the Warhol. Andy would have loved that kind of stuff. — Paul Morrissey Investing Copy Share Image
Andy was a character, and the two of us did have some things in common. We appreciated funny things, didn't like serious… — Paul Morrissey Character Copy Share Image
My sense is that you can make a film under almost any circumstances. As long as someone has a vague idea of… — Paul Morrissey Cinema Copy Share Image
What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about… — Paul Morrissey Career Copy Share Image
If I thought about planning, I'd plan movies. If I thought about planning my life, I'd plan my life more rationally, not… — Paul Morrissey Connection Copy Share Image
Andy was not a hippie or rebel but more like a mischievous child. He was never out to destroy everything. He became… — Paul Morrissey Change Copy Share Image
It's a debilitating process, working with the studios. With the length of time it takes for drafts and development deals, your enthusiasm… — Paul Morrissey Cinema Copy Share Image
Rome has New York's formlessness, aimlessness, a kind of hard-boiled sophistication, blase about everything. In their filmmaking, too, the Italians have this… — Paul Morrissey Aimlessness Copy Share Image
People treat serious subjects so seriously, which is so obvious a way of dealing with them. I'm always thinking that the best… — Paul Morrissey Best Copy Share Image
I'm not anti-Hollywood; not at all. In fact, I'm rather fascinated by everything that goes on here. When I get hold of… — Paul Morrissey Copy Copy Share Image
Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them. — Paul Morrissey Comedies Copy Share Image
So many things go on in life that never find their way into the movies because so much of it is unappealing.… — Paul Morrissey Find Copy Share Image
I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff. — Paul Morrissey Comedians Copy Share Image
There's something about all the films that I have made in that they don't seem old or dated, and some people mention… — Paul Morrissey About Copy Share Image
Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good. — Paul Morrissey Acting Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious… — Paul Morrissey Camera Copy Share Image
I've been the movie business for over 50 years, and I've done everything imaginable that could be done or ever was done… — Paul Morrissey Business Copy Share Image
I'm not against censorship in principle. Not at all. Some things should be censored. — Paul Morrissey Censored Copy Share Image
Andy wasn't capable of any complicated thoughts or ideas. Ideas need a verb and a noun, a subject. Andy spoke in a… — Paul Morrissey Complicated Copy Share Image
Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money. — Paul Morrissey Always Copy Share Image
I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a… — Paul Morrissey Approach Copy Share Image
If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera. — Paul Morrissey Acting Copy Share Image
I've always stayed independent, but I've always felt an obligation to make movies an untutored audience could like. — Paul Morrissey Always Copy Share Image
None of my films are comparable to anybody else's. So many years after I made them, nobody's been able to copy them. — Paul Morrissey Copy Copy Share Image
