Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

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
Penelope Spheeris

Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

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

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

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

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it.

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it.

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris

Rabid fans were literally jumping into the camera.