Roger Corman Quotes

There are no rebels in the cinema business.

This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.

I think when your parents are as rebellious as mine were, it's difficult to top them. So what's the point?

The compulsion to do the opposite of what you are told does not lend itself to many occupations outside the entertainment industry. Within the industry, it is unlikely that you will be very successful without it.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature

To rebel against a powerful political, economic, religious, or social establishment is very dangerous and very few people do it, except, perhaps, as part of a mob. To rebel against the “scientific” establishment, however, is the easiest thing in the world, and anyone can do it and feel enormously brave, without risking as much as a hangnail.

I was a troublemaker. For a long time, I didn't fit in.

I always go for the underdog or the rogue or the rebel.

We are all rebellious teenagers. Sometimes we grow out of it, and sometimes we don't.

We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town.

We've always been hardcore rebels.

I was a troublemaker.

The questioning spirit is the rebellious spirit. A rebellion is always either a cloak to hide a prince, or the swaddling wrapper of a new rule.

The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

In my own way, I was a rebellious kid.

All roads lead to another road for renegades, rebels, and rogues.

Hollywood has unfortunately become a memory. It's nothing but a sign on the side of a hill.

Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.

Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress. Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess. Rebel, rebel, how could they know? Hot tramp, I love you so.