John Waters Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke.

  John Waters

  Long, Directors, Comedy

• If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty.

  John Waters

  Dirty, People, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking and dirty. They aren't really. It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after. Those early movies, we had drugs, which you weren't supposed to show. You weren't supposed to shoot up. We would make fun of hippies. I think that we were punk before there was punk.

  John Waters

  Fun, Real, Hippie

  "John Waters Takes It All". Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 28, 2014.

• Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because I don't have to do anything except bring wine and go to my sister's all day and go to the movies with the family. So, actually, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, but there's not much comedy material on Thanksgiving. Melatonin really isn't that funny.

  John Waters

  Wine, Holiday, Comedy

• Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

  John Waters

  Trying, Comedy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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