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Penelope Spheeris
American
Director
About the author
Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Now
#Film
#Music
Rabid fans were literally jumping into the camera.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Fans
The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Love
#First
#Music
#Punk
#Appreciation
There are thousands of directors in Hollywood.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Hollywood
Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Money
#Movies
#Rights
When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Hell
#Power
#Men
#Money
When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#World
#Thought
Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Protection
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Growth
#Survival
I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#World
#Music
Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Talking
#Dogs
#Irish
#Careers
It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Being
#Change
#Punk
It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Idea
It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Fun
If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Will
#Fear
#Theft
I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#People
#World
I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Love
#Punk
I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Hollywood
Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild of America.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Writers
#Treatment
#America
#Production
#Potential
In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far away from it here.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Children
#Running
#Countries
I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Finance
Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Years
Big studio comedies are such a headache.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Money
#Drugs
Different parents have different standards for their children.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#Children
#Parents
For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
#People
#Money
#Movies
#Budgets
I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director
I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.
Penelope Spheeris,
American
Director