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I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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You have to remember the police used to raid and arrest the audience for seeing Scorpio Rising (1964), or Jack Smith movies. Wouldn't that be exciting today, if you see went to the movie and everyone at the IFC was arrested in a paddy wagon and taken away?
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I was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker].
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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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Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great it's not a trendy town.
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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 never had any desire to get a tattoo. If I was ever going to get one, I would get a plain anchor with a rope around it, the most unimaginative possible tattoo, like Popeye had.
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I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article and I absolutely loved it. I love battles within the gay community or feminist community. I love radical theorists.
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I'm the smartest at 8 A.M. I wake up at 6, drink three cups of Awake Tazo Tea and read five newspapers. I have to think up something every day, Monday to Friday.
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I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I'm doing. But no one really knows my personal life. And if you don't have a personal life I feel bad for you.
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If you're a parent, I tell you how to get through Christmas. I think that if you've ever had a bad feeling about Christmas coming, I'll tell you how to deal with it. So, I think in a way it's like going to a sane psychiatrist that actually gives you some good advice, I hope!
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I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.
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I tried heroin. I shot up in high school, but I just thought it was so dreary: puking and nodding.
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I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it.
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My idea of an interesting person is someone who is quite proud of their seemingly abnormal life and turns their disadvantage into a career.
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