Do I like tawdry, sleazy stories? Yeah, I do.
I love really kitschy bad movies. Showgirls is one of my favorites. I saw House of Versace and died. I'm a big fan of made-for-TV movies because those are instant classics, naturally.
My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.
Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan's biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion.
I like how TV used to be - 'Boys from the Blackstuff' and 'Play for Today', instead of 'Stars in Your Eyes' and 'Celebrity Come Cook With Me' or whatever. I hate all that stuff.
Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.
Everybody knows that I'm not a snob when it comes to pop culture, obviously. I love reality shows.
I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art.
Reality TV's pretty tricky for me. I don't really watch anything like that, because I think it's brain-sucking.
Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.
The last thing on earth I wanted to do was make a movie that plays directly to a sort-of frat boy audience, you know?
I think it is good escapist entertainment even though it's bad.
Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.
Reality shows aren't for overly educated people.
I've got lots of friends who would just think, 'Horror movies - they're crap, aren't they?' I think there's a cultural snobbery more than an institutional one.
Just like anyone else, I watch a lot of reality TV yet will turn my nose up at some of it, e.g., ABC's 'Splash,' because I think I'm above it.
I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.
I'm obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It's the white trash in me, you know?
There's all these summer blockbusters out there, but nobody's talking about them... they're talking about 'Sharknado.' It's amazing!
I love trashy reality TV - all of it.
The reality of America is mass-market stupidity.
I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
I'm a sucker for entertainment and escapism as much as the next person. I like silly and lowbrow stuff, but I get nervous when I indulge in that too often. I want to know what's going on in the world. I have a morbid fear of being surprised by bad news. I want to anticipate everything.
