The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.

Mickey Mouse should be in the public domain by now. What a better world it would be if other people were doing things with Mickey Mouse!

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.

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

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

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

I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people.