Quotes from Paul Morrissey

There's something about all the films that I have made in that they don't seem old or dated, and some people mention that.

I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.

The Democrats tax anything that moves.

I've been the movie business for over 50 years, and I've done everything imaginable that could be done or ever was done by anybody.

So many things go on in life that never find their way into the movies because so much of it is unappealing. But that's what I want to show.

Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.

I've always stayed independent, but I've always felt an obligation to make movies an untutored audience could like.

A good conservative is someone with an open mind.

My sense is that you can make a film under almost any circumstances. As long as someone has a vague idea of what he's doing, something distinctive will emerge. That, to me, is what film making is all about.

I'm not anti-Hollywood; not at all. In fact, I'm rather fascinated by everything that goes on here. When I get hold of a copy of 'Variety,' I read it cover to cover; I love to know what people are doing.

What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about them because they would help his career. All those things I did created his fame.

It's a debilitating process, working with the studios. With the length of time it takes for drafts and development deals, your enthusiasm is gone before you're ready to make the film.

People treat serious subjects so seriously, which is so obvious a way of dealing with them. I'm always thinking that the best way of dealing with them is to show people as human beings.

Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good at that.

Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money.

You don't put your personal viewpoints in a good movie. A movie should only be concerned with characters, not some big moral, although it's always underneath.