Penelope Spheeris Quotes

• My mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen so that people could interpret it as they wish.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Mother, People, Wish

  "The Punk Director: Penelope Spheeris Revisits Her Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy". Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. July 15, 2015.

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• I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Teenager, Thinking, World

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• I like to think about society as being a flock of birds: There seems to be a common consciousness in different time periods, and the new common consciousness reacts to the old standards.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Thinking, Bird, Different

  "The Punk Director: Penelope Spheeris Revisits Her Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy". Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. July 15, 2015.

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• I feel that a documentarian has an obligation to tell the truth as he or she interprets it. And what I mean by that is that documentarians don't necessarily have the same sort of obligations that a journalist might have. A journalist might be called upon to be objective, whereas a documentarian is sort of forced to take sides.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Mean, Telling The Truth, Obligation

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Men, Horny, Hell

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• This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Inspirational, Teenage, Marijuana

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• I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Nice, Hollywood, Three

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• If I could make a decent living doing documentaries, I would. I don't really care about [the other] stuff so much. But you can't make a living doing documentaries. Although it has affected my work, at least in that I think I make fairly realistic-looking pictures.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Thinking, Care, Decent

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Rocks, Punk, Punk Rock

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• I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.

  Penelope Spheeris

  People, Dollars, World

  Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, www.suicidegirls.com. November 21, 2005.

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• Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Aggravation, Decline, Found

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• 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.

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  Movie, Rights, Aggravation

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• Big studio comedies are such a headache.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Comedy, Headache, Bigs

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• 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

  Trying, Theft, Producers

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• 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

  Years, Directors, Three

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• Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Aggravation, Drug, Decline

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• Different parents have different standards for their children.

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  Children, Parent, Different

  "Interview with Penelope Spheeris" by Pablo Kjolseth, www.moviehabit.com. January 31, 2001.

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• 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.

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  Movie, Breathing, People

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• I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Believe, My Own, I Can

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• I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Irs, Records, Finance

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• I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Aggravation, Fleas, Flea Markets

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• 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

  Appreciation, Aggravation, Political

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• Many people have been able to get pitch meetings by just cold calling, especially the smaller networks and especially with the reality shows.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Reality, People, Calling

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• What I found interesting is that it's human nature to have a family.

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  Interesting, Human Nature, Found

  "The Punk Director: Penelope Spheeris Revisits Her Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy". Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. July 15, 2015.

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• Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

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  Impossible, Film, Form

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