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It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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There is right and there is wrong, I have NEVER been wrong.
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Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.
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The way I photograph... in many ways it's directed by chance and all my mistakes, which are often the best stuff. I found that no matter if it's the same tape, the same TV, and the same camera, I can never duplicate an image... your arm jiggles, there's just too much chance. And I never put it on pause, or use any of that fancy equipment.
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It`s great to be able to drive around and spy on people, which I do when I'm writing. People tell me the most personal things about their lives for no reason - on airplanes, everywhere I go. People just blurt out secrets. I'm not sure why. I think that they see in my films that nothing will make me uptight. I'm not going to judge them.
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Stop blaming your parents. If you're really angry at 60 years old, you're an idiot! You've got to work some of it out.
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I have no interest in cars. I have a plain, used Buick. I could run over 10 people, and you wouldn't be able to describe my car.
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I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really get.
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I was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker].
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