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.

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

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

The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies.

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.

Being a gay married man, I love Broadway musicals.

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!