Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king. John Waters More Quotes by John Waters More Quotes From John Waters I didn't become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie. John Waters drug-addictaddictdrug New York was the last place that my movies caught on. I didn't make underground movies in New York, and in the 1960s, they were very snobby about that, because the whole scene was here. John Waters lastsscenenew-york I never got along in school really - I already knew what I wanted to do. I have never in my life got a paycheck from anywhere in the world that asked if I went to school. John Waters paychecksworldschool Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New York Times best-seller list for five weeks. [One of the characters was] a singing asshole that does a duet with Connie Francis! Times have changed. That's mainstream, in a weird way. John Waters new-yorkcharacterbook I used to run away to New York from Baltimore all the time.I would get on the Greyhound bus and tell my parents I was going to some sorority weekend. I'd even make up fake permission slips, come to New York and just ask people on the street if I could stay with them and go see midnight movies. John Waters weekendnew-yorkrunning Dreamland Studios then was my bedroom at my parents' house, mostly [starring] people who were in my high school. They look straight at the camera; they're uncomfortable doing it. So, are [early movies] good? No. John Waters housepeopleschool People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries." John Waters documentariesbaltimorepeople I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them. John Waters proudparentthinking I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely. John Waters lsdwho-i-amtoday I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves. John Waters feel-betterpeoplethinking People who want to act rich when they're upper-middle class. They try too hard. John Waters richtryingpeople I love hipsters! Yes, I think they're hilarious. The really cute ones try to look ugly just to prove "I can't be ugly." Normcore was kind of funny too. John Waters hipstercutethinking What's fascinating to me is that in rich-kid schools, it's better to be gay. No one is discriminated against because they're gay in a rich-kid school. But in poor-kid schools, it's often not the same. So being gay is a class issue now. John Waters being-gaygayschool The selfie has become a new autograph, but it takes twice as long to do as a real autograph. I do it because I'm like, "What am I going to do, these people bought me my house." Why am I not going to take a picture with them except I always say, "You have to hold it up! Shoot down or it's really ugly if you shoot up!" So not only does it take longer, you have to teach them camera angles. John Waters reallongpeople I make a great part of my living by traveling and speaking. To me, it's like being a politician, you meet your audience, you constantly see the people and they're getting younger for me which is really, really encouraging. I get older and my audience gets younger. It couldn't be better. John Waters audiencepoliticianpeople I've always tried to keep reinventing myself and to keep appealing to young people and when I go to colleges now and do my spoken-word show it's astounding to me how I get older and the audience gets younger. To me, that's the best compliment. That's better than money, that's better than anything. John Waters collegepeoplecompliment To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to eat with proper table manners and all that stuff, to the point of rebellion. But I couldn't have rebelled from it if I didn't know it. John Waters rebellionmothermanners I have spoken, and I was understood. It's not like I'm a tragic person who wasn't understood. All those books are in print, all those movies are still out there, the audience gets younger. So I don't have that "I've got to do one thing before I die." I did it. John Waters tragicprintbook I think it's all independent films. There aren't any! If they were looking for me when I was making Polyester, then it'd be perfect, but they're not. I'm not looking for that. TV is much bigger and better now; far more people see it. John Waters independentpeoplethinking Maybe I'll just write books. I'd like to make another movie, but I don't want to go back and [do] what they want you to do, to make it for a million dollars. I did that. I don't need a lot, but I need what I used to get, and they don't give you that anymore. John Waters writinggivingbook
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