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Paul Morrissey Quotes

American - Director | February 23, 1938 -

I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit.

Reality You Irony Jokes Fiction Bit

Andy was a nonverbal person; you couldn't get directions out of him. All he knew was what was modern in art was what wasn't art: The telephone was art, the pizza was art, but what was hanging on walls in museums wasn't art.

Art Walls Pizza You Person Museums

My films always play better outside of New York, especially to critics.

New York Better Play New Outside

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.

People Some People Old Seem Made

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.

Best People Treat Thinking Serious

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

Movies Independent Always Audience

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.

Life Find Go Want Movies Way

I'm not against censorship in principle. Not at all. Some things should be censored.

Censorship Things Against Principle

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.

Love People Doing Copy Know Hold

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.

Time Process Enthusiasm You Ready

Nico was peculiar. She was extraordinary.

She Extraordinary Peculiar

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.

Good Camera Director Little Even He

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