"Animal rights acitivists always say to me, "How could you kill a chicken for a movie?" Well, I eat chicken and I know…"

"Wouldn't you rather your kid be a drug dealer than a drug addict?"

"To me, camp is two older queens talking about Rita Hayworth under a Tiffany's lampshade."

"I've always tried to push things to the limit, but when I started, the censors to be feared were old, conservative, r…"

"We're husky, we're hairy, we're homosexual, and out of the second closet."

"And we can cuddle all night!"

"To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like gett…"

"To understand bad taste one must have very good taste."

"I would never want to film hard-core pornography, because it always looks like open-heart surgery to me."

"Life is nothing without a good sense of humor."