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“The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies.”

Quote by Lloyd Kaufman

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Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman, born on December 30, 1945, is a renowned film director known for his unique style and contributions to independent cinema. He is one of the founders of Troma, a company famous for its low-budget, stylistic horror films. more

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“There have been screenwriters who I'm sure would gladly kill me, because I've been very fast and loose with their work, because I felt like it wasn't up to my high standards. I would push and pull it on set, and make changes all the time. But then when you're working with an original screenplay, my theater instincts kick in, and I suddenly become very keeper-of-the-words.”

“It's a lonely world, being independent, and they can come away with the idea that if Lloyd Kaufman can make movies with people getting their heads squashed, with hard-bodied lesbians, women masturbating with pickles, graphic diarrhea, and singing and dancing chicken zombies - if he can do that for 40 years and put his kids through Yale, Columbia, and Duke - if that idiot can do it, anybody can do it.”