John Waters Interview: "There Is No Such Thing As A Counterculture"

Outsiders, insiders and stalking. Hitch a ride with cult filmmaker John Waters ...if you dare http://t.co/EDrGceplBQ pic.twitter.com/lgbQLiAxgx

— The Big Issue (@BigIssue) November 21, 2014

• You have been called many things... Pope of Trash... Prince of Puke... How do you describe yourself?
  I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer.


• You haven’t made a film for a few years. Is there a place in the industry for cult filmmakers?
  The worst thing you can do is make a cult movie. That means you got three great reviews and nobody went. An art film means it got a lot of good reviews and nobody went. There is no such thing as a counter culture now. What used to be considered that is commercial now.


• You are not on Twitter but your moustache has an account.
  If my moustache has its own Twitter account so be it. I don’t have one because A) if I’m going to write clever things I want to put them in a book so I get paid and B) I have friends, I’m not looking for new ones.

Source

Carsick by John Waters is out now