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
every-second
I get dumber as the day goes along. Every second of the day that goes along, I get stupider.
bergman lows filmmaker
I was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker].
thinking interesting extremes
I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies.
art thinking quality
I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share certain qualities, whether they're hyper-stylized or overly emotive or just very visual.
editing years leather-jackets
It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when I didn't even know there was such a thing as editing. I thought you just shot the film and showed it. That's exactly what I did. I'm not that different 50 years later.
changed i-havent-changed insiders
I haven't changed - the public has. I'm an insider now, which is hilarious.
moving kids cities
A lot of kids are moving to Baltimore, because we have a great music scene and we've got edge. Come on down, we've got scary edge. But great edge - it's still a city you can be a bohemian in.
should-have actresses cookies
I loved Cookie [Mueller]. She was a much better writer than actress. She shouldn't have stuck with me in the beginning; she should have immediately become a writer. She would have had more of a chance.
musician sound jazz
I don't like heroin, unless you're a jazz musician and then you have to be on it because jazz is the sound of heroin.
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.
thinking parent proud
I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.
karma normal aids
The only time I had a normal boyfriend was during the time of AIDS, so maybe that saved me. It's certainly not karma.
who-i-am today lsd
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely.
hangover two long
Coke didn't last long enough; it gave me a hangover for two weeks for being high for ten minutes.