Ed Wood Quotations

We shot ten minutes of the movie, and now we're looking for completion funds.

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.

Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.

One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.

This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.

Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?

It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.

Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.

He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

My girlfriend still doesn't know why her sweaters are always stretched out.

In the afterlife you don't have to worry about looking for work.

Modern man is a hard-working human...

The wind and the rain, gives this place a gleam that just isn't natural. And the ground, alive with crawling things, crawling death.

You know, it's an interesting thing when you consider. The Earth people who can think are so frightened by those who cannot: the dead.

Do you still believe it impossible we exist? You didn't actually think you were the only inhabited planet in the universe. How can any race be so stupid?

If I judged anybody I wouldn't have any friends.

No, I'm all man. I even fought in WWII. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform.

Home? I have no home. Hunted, despised, living like an animal. The jungle is my home. But I will show the world that I can be its master. I will perfect my own race of people, a race of atomic supermen, which will conquer the world.

One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.

You're the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste!

Are you people insane? I'm the director. I make the casting decisions around here.

They have identified the problem, they have found a solution to the problem, but they have no long-range standards to deal with customer complaints.