Penelope Spheeris Quotes

I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

I like to think about society as being a flock of birds: There seems to be a common consciousness in different time periods, and the new common consciousness reacts to the old standards.

What I found interesting is that it's human nature to have a family.

In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far away from it here.

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers.

It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.

There are thousands of directors in Hollywood.

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 of them.

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 anywhere with it.

I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

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 of America.

It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it.

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 a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

Rabid fans were literally jumping into the camera.

Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

Many people have been able to get pitch meetings by just cold calling, especially the smaller networks and especially with the reality shows.

Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact.

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 stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.