Top 29 Quotes by Penelope Spheeris

Different parents have different standards for their children.

I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far away from it here.

I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.

Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact.

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.

Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild of America.