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
catholic flamingos rage
[My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make 'Pink Flamingos.'
political taste action
My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.
littles nerves little-things
Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things that get on their nerves.
easter america addiction
The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America.
growing-up children love-you
If you're not sure you could love your children, please don't have them, because they might grow up and kill us.
sexy stupid mean
Stupid is never that entertaining. You can be stupid and sexy, stupid and funny but he's just plain stupid. That is not remarkable, that's what I mean.
heart looks too-much
I would never do hard-core pornography, because it looks too much like open-heart surgery.
everyday-problems feelings way
I'm perpetual tourist, and that's the best way to travel. Nobody gets used to you, you make new friends without having to hear anyone's everyday problems, and you jet back still feeling like a know-it-all.
directors film my-favorite
I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.
fashion keys parent
Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.
witty thinking trying
If you think someone's trying too hard, that's the worst thing they can do. To me, it's just desperate, never funny and never witty. It's kind of really old hat because just being shocking isn't enough. It has to change how you think about something. It has to startle you. It has to make you look at something and reconsider whether you're right. That's the whole point.
hate humor laughing
Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.
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.
littles world helping
I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer.