“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
“If you're an independent, you don't get on TV. And in the rare instances that you do get on, you get a fraction of what that very same movie would get if it came in through Fox or Viacom.” IfsTvsIndependentInstanceFoxesFractions Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.” ThinkingKindDoeGovernmentJobsChurchVariousAidsExtendingBetter JobsHelpfulness Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“If you're doing a classic play, where if you do a Chekhov, you do the words as written. You can't do that with a novel; you have to do your version of the words as written.” IfsPlayNovelWrittenVersionsClassicChekhov Author:Sam Mendes
“I would only make a movie that I believe in. If I didn't believe in it, it would be unworthy.” IfsBelieveWould BeI BelieveI Believe InUnworthy Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters."” JobsHeardRemakes Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“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.” Has BeensFeltStandardsTheaterOriginalsInstinctKicksKill MeMaking ChangesScreenplaysKeepersScreenwritersHigh Standards Author:Sam Mendes
“I was going to be a teacher and improve the world. Teach people with hooks for hands to fingerpaint, and teach bums to draw happy faces on beads.” PeopleWorldHandsFacesTeachTeacherDrawsHookBeadsHappy Face Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“I didn't even know what a film director was. To me, Charlie Chaplin was a goofy clown, and John Ford - what? Never heard of him.” KnowsFilmHeardDirectorsClownCharlieGoofyFilm DirectorsChaplin Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.” FirstsMadeJobsFilmDecisionCompanyNew YorkFirst TimeIndependentAcidIndependent Film Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“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.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsIdeasHardKidsCan DoSingingLonelyIndependentDancingIdiotChickensZombieGraphicDukesYaleColumbiaPicklesSinging And DancingDiarrheaLonely World Author:Lloyd Kaufman