Paul Morrissey

What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about them because they would help his career. All those things I did created his fame.

Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money.

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.

I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.

A good conservative is someone with an open mind.

Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.

If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera.

I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show business.

I love Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, but not Charlie Chaplin.

I'm not anti-Hollywood; not at all. In fact, I'm rather fascinated by everything that goes on here. When I get hold of a copy of 'Variety,' I read it cover to cover; I love to know what people are doing.

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.

So many things go on in life that never find their way into the movies because so much of it is unappealing. But that's what I want to show.