Big studio comedies are such a headache..

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,….

It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't..

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

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 th….

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.….

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

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 wit….

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

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

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood..

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

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

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

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

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

Different parents have different standards for their children..

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 s….

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

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 consc….

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