When we did Wayne’s World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn’t bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn’t even have the rights for some of them. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
Now, it’s almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that’s going to happen at some point in our careers. Penelope Spheeris Read Quote
