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!

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

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

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 nasty killer rabbits who hate movies. But the other 1 percent are really the greatest, most wonderful people in the world.

I would only make a movie that I believe in. If I didn't believe in it, it would be unworthy.

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.

The person who goes to the Troma movie knows that he or she may love the Troma movie or, he or she may hate the Troma movie; but the movie goer knows that he or she will never forget the Troma movie.