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18 quotes by Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. With producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, including The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet.
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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... →

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The thing I find about the movie industry is that 99 percent of the people are absolute scum. They're horrible people, they really are. Very... →

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I don't make crappy movies. I spend two or three years making a film. I don't take myself seriously, but I take my movies very seriously.

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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the... →

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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... →

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

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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... →

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Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.

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

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My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.

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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... →

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

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It is up to us to produce better-quality movies.

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