Author Profile
Penelope Spheeris
1945 • American • Director
29
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Showing 29 quotesWhen men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.— Penelope Spheeris
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
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
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
It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't.— Penelope Spheeris
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
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
I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.— Penelope Spheeris
I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.— Penelope Spheeris
Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.— Penelope Spheeris
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