John Waters
John Waters
John Samuel Waters, Jr.is an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. Waters's 1970s and early '80s films feature his regular troupe of actors known as the Dreamlanders—among them Divine, Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Edith Massey. Starting with Desperate Living, Waters began casting real-life convicted criminalsand controversial people...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 April 1946
John Waters quotes about
catholic flamingos rage
[My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make 'Pink Flamingos.'
directors film my-favorite
I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.
pride important needs
What happened is that in the middle of my life I went away and in my own sense of hubris, pride, cynicism, thought, I am an autonomous being in the world, I can control things, I am God.' But my experiment at being God failed! And they do have a great saying in AA: 'Get down off the cross, we need the wood!' And the important thing is to realise you are not the centre of the universe, you are not God.
cities film made
I probably would have made [films] anywhere. Every city has something they're ashamed of. I would have made films about it and turned it into something positive.
who-i-am today lsd
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely.
san-francisco baltimore left
I live in San Francisco, I live in Provincetown. They're all the same, apart from Baltimore. Baltimore's the only cheap place left.
supportive lucky good-family
Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end.
couple dvds today
I'm an old person because I still buy DVDs. I have every one of my albums and 45s - I even have a couple of 33s and I do have a turntable. But I must admit, I don't listen to vinyl today. But I listen to all types of music.
cities fans looks
I must admit, even my fans everywhere I go in the world - just this week I was in London and Glasgow and the week before I was in Des Moines - my fans all look the same in all those cities - they look great!
presidential care election
I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.
dollars cost
An underground hit didn't make any money and it cost a dollar to get in.
enemy way terrorism
How come there's no terrorism with humor, which is a great way to humiliate your enemy? It's a great time for that.
nice tomorrow accomplished
If I died tomorrow I've accomplished what I set out to do in my life. I enjoy making my movies, I enjoy doing what I do. I have a nice life.
racist-jokes way boundaries
To me, racist jokes are not funny. I am politically correct, in a weird way. I like to push the boundaries that are politically correct.