Lloyd Kaufman Quotes

My Roommate At Yale University Introduced Me To The Auteur Theory Of Filmmaking. I Soon Became A Big Fan Of The Works Of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, And Stan Brakhage. I Then Decided To Make My Own Films!

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'm From The '60s, But No One Has Ever Accused Me Of Being A Hippie. I Never Had Much Interest In The Woodstock Crowd, Which Partied To Change The World, While Real People Were Starving To Death In Africa.

Fast Food Nation Was Boring And Aimed At Yuppies, And Yuppies Don't Eat Fast Food.

My Favorite Film Is Always The One That I Most Recently Worked On.

I Hope That All New Filmmakers See That The Internet And Social Media Are Helpful Tools In Establishing A Fan Base As Well As Being Able To Interact With Your Fans.

Comedy Is Not Commercial; It Is Risky, Because What Is Funny In One Place Isn't Always Funny Somewhere Else.

I Believe That Independent Film Making Is The Last Frontier Of Creative Expression Available. So I'm Always Willing To Lend A Helping Hand To A Young Film Maker Who's Just Getting Into The Business.

Being A Gay Married Man, I Love Broadway Musicals.

The Nice Thing About Piracy Is, It Allows The Public To Get Independent Art, To Get A Variety Of Music And Movies.

Luckily, I've Never Been Offered A Directing Job That Was Lucrative. I've Never Heard, "here's $800,000 To Remake Sisters."

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.