John Waters: Coming Out Is So Square
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@infraherald7449 2 жыл бұрын
"I don't like men who call women fish. I hate separate lesbians who hate men...I like them better though" always kills me
@I_WANT_MY_SLAW Жыл бұрын
I don't get it.
@Mutterschwein 10 ай бұрын
@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW I'm guessing he hates both BUT he likes the separatist lesbians more than the men who call women fish.
@MrTsiolkovsky 3 ай бұрын
Yeah im guessing he just can't identify with that, he's always been friendly.@@Mutterschwein
@Bikewithlove 3 жыл бұрын
I had horrible low self-esteem until I read John Water’s book about his prison tour. He was the only person who ever said to accentuate your flaws. I was skinny, and I never fit into the business world. I couldn’t get a date, but a few years after reading John Waters it sort of ‘clicked’ and I went to art school & wore tight fitting thrift store clothes. At one point I was dating five girls. John Waters is awesome.
@kds5895 Жыл бұрын
Which book is that?
@Bikewithlove Жыл бұрын
@@kds5895 - Great question… I don’t remember, and I just glanced at his books and I had no idea he had written so much! It was a book in a friend’s NYC apartment that I read back in 1996 on a visit, so it was most likely either “Shock Value” or ”Crackpot.” One phrase that stands out to me is John saying to lean toward your faults, or to dress toward them: “If you’re skinny, wear spandex and take diet pills.” He also discussed a tour he did of the American prison system. I’m sure both are good reads. I don’t think he published a book after them until 2003.
@Marshmallow_Trees 10 жыл бұрын
"...if you can't love your kid, don't have it cuz it'll grow up and kill us!"...*ding*...BIG THINK.
@Mikegrungejazz 7 жыл бұрын
Brillant.
@sexobscura 4 жыл бұрын
Hari hari Krishna krishna
@rocco_productionsmannott31 4 жыл бұрын
sexobscura I worry that you’ll will work in a office,have children,celebrate wedding anniversaries. The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.
@Aimlessartist 3 жыл бұрын
I hope he lives passed 100. I hate knowing I didn’t follow his interviews more closely growing up. A true outlier.
@lemorab1 Жыл бұрын
He loves minorities who are outliers within their own minority groups!! I hope this man lives forever! The world needs John Waters!
@Bikewithlove Жыл бұрын
John Waters is a true artist’s hero. Unlike the woke mob that wants to exterminate all heterosexuals, John has zero contempt for anyone, and he transcended the queer uniform to get to the juicy part of life that the straight and queer have in common, instead of dividing us. All of my straight friends loved John Waters movies until they became woke. I could never understand that. I hope woke dies like disco music.
@samwoodson9603 5 жыл бұрын
This is the way my best friend was growing up. We were 5 years old and I knew he was gay. Everybody knew. He never came out or anything, he never said he was gay. Just all of the sudden we were 19 and he was dating guys. He was more popular than most. Even in a shitty small rural town, I think most people respect somebody who is unabashedly themself.
@Alpostpone 11 ай бұрын
I mean, you can't come out of the closet if you never were in one.
@joeb267382 9 жыл бұрын
Coming out is beyond square. He is so right. NOBODY should have to make this big annoucement that they are gay. It shouldn't be this big dramatic thing.
@joeb267382 9 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Kral LOL. I meant to type coming out is beyond square. I made sure I corrected it.
@chris-solmon4017 8 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I wish these generation Z KZfaqrs would get the point already. They want to capitalize on the fact that they're attracted to the same sex. Lol. All these coming out videos look the same. It's a puppy dog-eyes photo of them with huge typeface overlay reading "I'm... GAY." (Umm. Okay. Do you want a cookie and an appearance on the Ellen Show now?)
@joeb267382 8 жыл бұрын
I am glad you see what I mean. But it's not just generation Z that makes a big deal about it. There is a clip on youtube of Sally Field talking about her gay son. At youtube it's under Sally Field Shaes Loves for her opnly gay son. When I saw that clip it bugged me because her and Oprah were being so dramatic about it.
@eosapienrancher4045 7 жыл бұрын
Fair enough, let's just remember these "Gen-Z'ers" wouldn't feel the need to make a dramatic announcement of it if Boomers and Gen Xers didn't make being gay out to be such an awful taboo thing. It may not be like that in some places anymore but I still live in a small town where my gay friend in high school regularly got harrassed while holding hands with his bf and teenagers still get sent to Pray the Gay Away camp, or whatever euphemism they're using now...conversion therapy? Homophobia's gotten better but there are still some backward-ass places in this country not to mention the world.
@BlackSheepNara 4 жыл бұрын
The only reason I came out was because my parents would be very "wtf? Where's our daughter?" If I randomly showed up after a year of not visiting, with a beard and flat chest.
@gssci 3 жыл бұрын
"Gay is not good enough, it's a good start" I love that!
@itsiwhatitsi Жыл бұрын
Ahahah 🤣
@Tracydot3 9 жыл бұрын
John Waters needs to adopt me.
@rocco_productionsmannott31 4 жыл бұрын
Tracy.3 Back off!! He’s mine
@ScribblebytesWorldwide 3 жыл бұрын
Calm down people. He can adopt all of us..but I'm his favorite because I'm in the Arts. Now go get daddy and me some snacks please.
@MusicDavidGuitar 10 жыл бұрын
Wow I only knew his movies but he is so intellectual and confident.
@AylatheRaichu 10 жыл бұрын
I don't fit the LGBTQ label, nor do I try to conform to it. When it comes to sexuality I'm much happier as a member of the IDGAF community.
@ctrl.sapphic74 4 жыл бұрын
That should be a quote
@elliotstannard5621 2 жыл бұрын
The best comment EVER!!!!
@justynjonn 2 жыл бұрын
I love it!! Took me a minute to figure that one out.
@RobespierreThePoof 6 ай бұрын
Lol. Ironic given that the old acronym is nothing more than an attempt to be inclusive of all varieties of gender and sexual minorities. It's not a label, dear. It's just shorthand from a time when we had to fight hard to make it possible for people like you to not give a fuck.
@mark-j-adderley 4 жыл бұрын
I knew that I was attracted to other people of the same gender in 1965, when I was 5. ... it didn’t stop me preferring the company of the ladies, just that they kept their clothes on.
@baileycrawly 3 жыл бұрын
I knew when I was around 5 too, it’s good to know that I’m not the only one who knew, on some level, at such a young age.
@can2ej6 10 жыл бұрын
i kinda feel like hes channeling vincent price
@puepole 6 жыл бұрын
Vincent Price's gay brother
@xrippedgirljeansx9262 3 жыл бұрын
Look up Waters' tribute to Price he did for Turner Classic Movies. It's beautiful. Price was Waters' childhood idol.
@JDLupus 12 жыл бұрын
"I'm for anybody having a kid if they can love it and I'm for abortion; if you can't love your kid don't have it 'cos it will grow up and kill us." I love that statement.
@searchingfororion 4 жыл бұрын
JDLupus he should have this put on a T-Shirt. The first portion could be on the front, the second half on the back. (And then in tiny letters it could say outside the quotes - either way that technically makes me pro-life.) King of Filth after all.
@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 2 жыл бұрын
Such a boring general statement
@jasondelvaux3036 2 жыл бұрын
If you can't love your own children, what the fuck good are you? I am amazed how that kind of selfishness & complete lack of love is today treated as virtue. You "love" that statement? You love yourself. That's all anybody can know for sure by your words. If you are so bereft of human decency that you cannot love your own child, then never procreate. Don't punish an innocent baby who would probably be more decent than you could ever be. Sex for you is all about self-love anyway. To use the excuse that an unwanted child will grow up to be a murderer, and then to suggest that killing the child is somehow a solution is one of the most idiotic things a person could ever say. "We have to kill the innocent to prevent children from growing up & becoming killers of the innocent..." So, should everyone who ever had an abortion have been aborted themselves? Moronic. This is a world dominated by selfishness & without love. So sad.
@cIoudbank 4 жыл бұрын
i wish modern lgbt movements took some notes from john.
@peterdunlop7691 10 жыл бұрын
His delivery at the end cracks me up. What a wonderful man.
@milascave2 10 жыл бұрын
John waters didn't have to come out. His movies did it for him.
@searchingfororion 4 жыл бұрын
Opinunate ted especially the narration he did on pink flamingos. I know he was doing his best imitation of a Baltimore store owner that had -in John's mind- the ultimate Baltimore accent (and vehemently refused the offer/request to narrate)... When I first watched the film without knowing that little backstory I just remembered thinking "Awww! Listen to how young he is with his sweet wittle enthusiastic lisp!"
@LuchiaTheGypsyFox 12 жыл бұрын
He seems like such a nice, self assured man that is happy being himself. How awesome is that. If we could all be as comfortable with who are are we would each be happier.
@blondthought5175 9 жыл бұрын
Coming out is for debutantes. As well as coming.
@ThreadBomb 6 жыл бұрын
"Gay's not enough .... It's a good start."
@rammiine 10 жыл бұрын
OMG I love this. It's literally everything I've been saying to my friends for years now.
@ScribblebytesWorldwide 3 жыл бұрын
Morning glory?
@suledrake 12 жыл бұрын
I just love him. He seems like such a sweet, good hearted, good-humored guy! I wish he was my friend.
@jacobp-i.5738 3 жыл бұрын
i love this man. national treasure. protect at all costs.
@frankyymilkyy9001 6 ай бұрын
A worldwide treasure!
@MrTsiolkovsky 3 ай бұрын
He was the one that woke me up to the plight of Baltimore. If only the people of Baltimore could see the city the way he does. It should be a gem.
@maximillianrockefeller8375 4 жыл бұрын
He's the wisest, most genuine man. I fucking love him!
@taergehtsiram 9 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was all very well said. I agree!
@devonk298 7 жыл бұрын
John - you are one of Americas true originals - one of a kind - love you long time!!!
@obeythelaw5504 6 жыл бұрын
He was so good as the kid in Home Alone.
@nickmorrell3559 3 жыл бұрын
Iv never disagreed with any thing he ever said. And that's the truth ....
@simon5005 9 жыл бұрын
I knew I was gay the first time I saw a grown man naked. HELLO! And I agree with John, going mainstream TOTALLY DESTROYED the lifestyle; it used to be SO MUCH more fun!
@AB-bt9eb 8 жыл бұрын
That's ridiculous. It was fun because people were escaping from the difficult to hell that was their lives. It's much easier to be gay today.
@simon5005 8 жыл бұрын
+A Boston I actually meant the nightlife, not the lifestyle.
@theunrealtimemm 2 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw a grown man naked was in an early 1980 Playboy (which also had a gay limerick, which I still recall more than 40 years later). Iggy had his dick out, and that was all rock and roll. Patti's armpit hair showing? Well, Playboy said, no wonder people threw rocks at her. I remember thinking: 'I just may need to become a lesbian separatist when I grow up.' I wasn't impressed by the hypocrisy.
@carltonflange9390 6 жыл бұрын
I love this man! You know why? Because of what he says in this video... And everything else he has ever said... EVER!
@urmumsy 5 жыл бұрын
He supports everyone and that's great.
@mcnallyaar Жыл бұрын
God bless this man! I've been a 2-3 on the Kinsey since I've been sexually aware, but I have only found it to have been a part of my identity for a brief moment around age 14. If I felt like that was repression, it would be a different story, but fortunately I don't have that issue. My outsider status comes from different factors entirely, likely mostly because of where I make my home.
@darylkirkvid 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome point. Great video, Mr. Waters.
@240ups 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jekw23 10 ай бұрын
Can’t say I like his movies but so refreshing hearing his opinions and points of view. Seems like a great guy and really open and honest. Saw his criterion review as well and really love listening to him and his take on movies.
@oscarpaez1138 11 жыл бұрын
I am christian and that neccesarily does not make me hate gay people, i have gay friends and my girlfriends sister is lesbian, we are separated enough as human beings and the key word here. One of yhe main teachings of christianity is love thy neighbor and gays look for freedom to love, if we only thought about our similarities instead of our differences
@Zeitgeist6 5 жыл бұрын
John Waters is a treasure :D Always loved his attitude and him just doing what he loves. Lol I just noticed I already commented on this video 11 months prior. It's just his magnetic personality :D
@mjollnirtsubo 4 жыл бұрын
The embodiment of "live and let live"
@BubblingSyphilisSund 11 жыл бұрын
I'm using that for all of my pro-abortion discussions from now on. John's awesome.
@BubblingSyphilisSund 11 жыл бұрын
John Waters is so amazing in every way a person can be amazing.
@AmerginMacEccit 9 жыл бұрын
My philosophy is simple, no matter how conservative you are allow people to be who they are so they don't have to suffer in society from abuse or be vindicated in real life for no apparent reason. Someone's private life isn't really anyone's issue. I myself come from a quite strict traditional environment when there was a lot of "male stuff" going on and a lot of division between men and women in society. Men bonded and did all important things together while women had their own world. Even discussing important issues was sort of exclusive to men. I myself being a juvenile womanizer sometimes had this longing for a brother I never had, the best friend at the same time. Same thing with looking for a father figure outside your family if you had a failed relationship with your father. This always has to come with lots of funny stories how other people think you're gay.
@vascojoao 5 жыл бұрын
I'm not gay but I love this man
@osivot 4 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same impression when I first saw Elvis. "What the hell is that?"
@thekeytothegate 8 жыл бұрын
Hilarious, no one asked because they were afraid to hear the answer! HAHA thanks for being funny still
@Lanooski 2 жыл бұрын
i think being out probably means more to people who were never afforded the chance to refine their identity. i'm not about to assume John's "had it easy" but sadly not everyone is afforded his level of charisma or a level of stability/safety that nurtures those parts of themselves.
@Vinesy68 11 жыл бұрын
Love it ! Love it...super Waters...man
@_halfawake_ 3 жыл бұрын
im a straight 18yo male and i absolutely love him
@rodrigorodrigo1230 3 жыл бұрын
"I knew i was gay the moment i saw Elvis Presley"... I know what he means, o felt the same thing when i saw Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ"
@NachoJoshas 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you JW! You are an inspiration!!
@carver333 11 жыл бұрын
I believe this is a very valid viewpoint, but I'm not sure I can completely agree. I'm just not sure...
@nocount1 6 жыл бұрын
A man after my own heart.
@wakygee 11 жыл бұрын
Love this guy! we think so much alike
@sourxtimes 12 жыл бұрын
Love this man. He is absolutely brilliant.
@ricklaporte8052 4 жыл бұрын
This gentleman rocks!
@wethole 12 жыл бұрын
That last thing he said was pretty amazing.
@Noodleydoo 12 жыл бұрын
I am with you 100%
@ScribblebytesWorldwide 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with everything he said.
@indieelite 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best interviews ever! haha
@jacob2971 Жыл бұрын
He's a fking genious imo. Finally somebody who thinks like me
@moviefannnnnn 12 жыл бұрын
i wish he would make another movie. its been 8 years since his last movie.
@AuntTooters 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@03maja03 10 жыл бұрын
Mr John Waters. Love your work.
@BelatedCommiseration 11 жыл бұрын
'Being gay is not enough...but it's a start!' I luv ya Mr Waters! I gotta say I'm on the fence a bit about his films as films, but if it means he gets to be a public figure and we can still listen to his brilliant opinions about almost everything then I'm all for it!
@XCPKK 11 жыл бұрын
Bring back the stache period!!!
@AsmrAmurana 12 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you've heard the phrase "there are other fish in the sea." I'm not sure if that is what is being referred to, though.
@MsMiaWallace23 6 ай бұрын
I love this, I don’t fit in anywhere, I always felt I would fit right in with the weirdos in your films 😂
@gc6430 4 жыл бұрын
Can he be the pope, the president, the fashionable philosopher always in the mouth of anybody?
@dvlaries 12 жыл бұрын
God bless John Waters. His kind of fearless trailblazer seems to get fewer and fewer by passing generations. He's the Irving Thalberg of good bad taste. It broke my heart that Edie didn't live to do one more film with him; I'd dreamed of him casting Larry 'Bud' Melman as Edie's boyfriend. That could have been a riot.
@GothamClive 11 жыл бұрын
Well, if it's either this life or that a choice has to be made. We agree on that. That does not mean that you could kill a person. I define person as a living collection of cells with human DNA with the potential of survival. How do you define a person?
@gspahr 13 жыл бұрын
This guy is so cool, I like his sense of humor.
@sexobscura 7 жыл бұрын
it's actually *Perpendicular*
@brucecampbellschin8632 7 жыл бұрын
One of the best Directors EVER.
@MrTsiolkovsky 3 ай бұрын
Glad the got him onto the Simpsons. It broke the "now for a very special episode" trope while giving a ton of people a funny and deep insight into what it means to be gay or know someone who is. Who wouldn't want this guy as their neighbor?
@maxflower13 3 жыл бұрын
agree
@tobyreinhardt9022 4 жыл бұрын
This dude is cool!
@chrisdryer 12 жыл бұрын
amazing. Against Separatism! We are in this life thing together, but we are separate. If you polarize, then you are furthering your own separation.
@chrissghful 12 жыл бұрын
"if you can't love your kid, don't have it cos it'll grow up and kill us" would love to see the pro-lifers faces when they hear that line lol
@newflesh666 3 жыл бұрын
John Waters is just the coolest, bravest dude. I hope he lives forever.
@DIETRICHCICCONE 11 жыл бұрын
LOVE him!!!
@Governm3nt 12 жыл бұрын
When you say Elvis? I knew since I saw Paul Simon =D
@jclaytoncabral5106 2 жыл бұрын
For me to come out would require me to give a shit about other's opinions, which I don't.
@wethole 11 жыл бұрын
Happy Coming Out Day
@TehWafflesaregood 12 жыл бұрын
don't forget to smile!
@TacticusPrime 12 жыл бұрын
That was the accepted practice for centuries, particularly during the Roman era. I don't argue that, however. By "active" I do not mean "adult". Children, the mentally damaged, and possibly several other species, have brains that should be recognized as having personhood. But the brain doesn't drop out of the sky into the womb. It's developed. It doesn't "boot up" until at least the 20th week of gestation. Most OGYNs would put it closer to 23/24 weeks.
@Zeitgeist6 6 жыл бұрын
John Waters is tha man! He's so awesome :D
@atlasqueefed1856 11 жыл бұрын
Damn straight man, I'm tired of all the rules. I don't have any animosity towards anybody's self imposed scene. I just hate all this sensitivity about what words we can and can't use because someone might get offended based on how some prejudiced asshole I don't even know used it. It's a form of censorship to me. Seems like a lot of people make their whole life about their sexuality, race, or religion. IMO it's a waste of what could be such a richer life.
@samusaran181818 11 жыл бұрын
I agree, and thank you for mentioning the stupid rules that are imposed on us by our community(s).
@BatteriesDead 12 жыл бұрын
OMG I feel the same way about abortion! Love him!!
@RandomAutist 4 ай бұрын
Him saying: "What gay people have to be perfect?" should be heard by a loooot of people. We are humans, we have flaws, we should embrace the flaws that make us unique.
@frankyymilkyy9001 6 ай бұрын
He's a Legend and a Treasure
@CatcherInTheFry 11 жыл бұрын
hes like sander cohen from bioshock
@waxdataz 11 жыл бұрын
even Roger isn't
@JDLupus 11 жыл бұрын
I was much more naive when I praised that comment to the level that I did. Of course "unloved" kids can grow up and become a proper, even exemplary, member of society; likewise, a kid with well-meaning parents might grow up to do something awful such as murder. However... the sentiment behind the message is still clear enough: too many children, not enough love for them all. That's the fundamental point I agree with.
@BadGuyRants 11 жыл бұрын
This guy rocks!
@Zerlono1 11 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it took Werner Herzog 35 years of knowing this man to realize he was gay, I mean it's great that when he talks to a person all he sees is the person for who they are morally, and in terms of human decency ect, and doesn't make judgements about what or what they may not be, but it's just human nature to notice things like that, and for the most part it's an involuntary and subconscious type of thing. How can you not like this guy though what a character lol
@Trund27 11 жыл бұрын
John. you rule!
@WitchygirrlR 12 жыл бұрын
I love him sooo much.
@MartyRobinson68 11 жыл бұрын
I love how he almost said Madonna bought her baby in Africa.
@Isaiah71 2 ай бұрын
Yeah same, I knew I was what I was from the beginning,, why announce it? I know who I am! I just really don’t care, be whatever or don’t be, it’s whatever.
@andreeaandras237 11 жыл бұрын
How about people who can't decide for themselves for different reasons? Fetuses clearly can't decide for themselves. Why would a woman give birth to a child if she knows she can't offer them a good life in any way? What if she were raped and doesn't want to have the rapist's child? So, it's ok to let her carry the child she doesn't want for 9 months and then make her go through a painful birth. You're basically saying a woman can't decide about her body while pregnant. How very thoughtful of you
@fuferito 4 жыл бұрын
Tim Blake Nelson and John Waters would make very believable brothers in an odd and hilarious movie.
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