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.
I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying. - Penelope Spheeris
I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.
- Penelope Spheeris
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 … - Penelope Spheeris
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 …
Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about. - Penelope Spheeris
Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.
When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though. - Penelope Spheeris
When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival. - Penelope Spheeris
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.
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
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.
I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world. - Penelope Spheeris
I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in 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… - Penelope Spheeris
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…
I love punk rock, but I also love metal. - Penelope Spheeris
I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
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