Penelope Spheeris quotes

I love punk rock, but I also love metal. (Penelope Spheeris)
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival. View quote
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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 anywhere with it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Different parents have different standards for their children. View quote
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I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying. View quote
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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 of America. View quote
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I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood. View quote
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Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music. View quote
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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 say, Ok, that's it, we're done. View quote
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Big studio comedies are such a headache. (Penelope Spheeris)
Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that. View quote
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I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do. View quote
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I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world. View quote
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Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about. View quote
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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 a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't. View quote
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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 of them. View quote
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I can't believe I actually was in my own movie. View quote
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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. (Penelope Spheeris)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck. View quote
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It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it. View quote
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Penelope Spheeris

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Occupation: American Director
Born: December 2, 1945
Quotes count: 30