Penelope Spheeris Quotes
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Many people have been able to get pitch meetings by just cold calling, especially the smaller networks and especially with the reality shows.
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Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild…
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Big studio comedies are such a headache.
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Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and…
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Different parents have different standards for their children.
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For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at…
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I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.
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I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.
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I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.
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I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.
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Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.
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When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.
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If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get…
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I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.
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Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some…
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I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.
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Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.
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The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was…
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This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.
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I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
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