Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters."

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous over eating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die!

I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people.

Fast Food Nation was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.

I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.

The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.

There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital.

I would only make a movie that I believe in. If I didn't believe in it, it would be unworthy.

The person who goes to the Troma movie knows that he or she may love the Troma movie or, he or she may hate the Troma movie; but the movie goer knows that he or she will never forget the Troma movie.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million people in the world who don't have enough to eat.

He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people’s minds, becomes worthy of worship by people.

Briar stood, pushing up her sleeves. 'It's about to get all nonfiction in here'.

I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much.

I would love to do a Western again if Westerns came back into fashion.

The most interesting thing I've ever heard about myrself that isn't true is that I'm not a nice guy.

You are not going to be perfect every day. It’s about turning up the next day and doing it again.

I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be.

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered.