It’s not a secret, but if you know what the hell you’re doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes a good actor? A good personality in the performer, in the person. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
If I thought about planning, I’d plan movies. If I thought about planning my life, I’d plan my life more rationally, not like New Yorkers who live their lives so irrationally, without reason. Maybe that’s the connection between my movies and New York: the movies have the same kind of lack of overall design. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
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. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
My sense is that you can make a film under almost any circumstances. As long as someone has a vague idea of what he’s doing, something distinctive will emerge. That, to me, is what film making is all about. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious they’re not real. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
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. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
The people of Pittsburgh should have a weekend flea market at the Warhol. Andy would have loved that kind of stuff. Paul Morrissey Read Quote
