John Waters Speech at his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony

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00:00 (chimes tinkling)

00:03 - All right.

00:05 From Baltimore to Los Angeles and around the world,

00:08 on behalf of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,

00:10 I now declare today John Waters Day in Hollywood!

00:15 (audience cheering)

00:19 The microphone is all yours.

00:25 - All right, thank you.

00:29 Thank you, thank you.

00:31 God.

00:32 (audience cheering)

00:36 Here I am, closer to the gutter than ever.

00:40 The Hollywood Walk of Fame,

00:44 the first place I ever came to in Los Angeles

00:48 after driving across the country with David Lockery.

00:51 I got out of my vehicle in 1970 at Hollywood & Vine

00:55 and darted across the street and got a jaywalking ticket.

01:00 (audience laughing)

01:01 The first one, and I never looked back.

01:04 This store is at the perfect,

01:07 this star is at the perfect location.

01:09 Larry Edmonds Bookshop,

01:10 I've been coming here for half a century.

01:14 And it's still my favorite spot on Hollywood Boulevard.

01:18 I'd like to dedicate this wonderful honor to,

01:22 you have the picture, we're gonna put it down,

01:24 to my parents, which is, we're gonna, we have it?

01:28 Yeah, and we're gonna put that on the star

01:30 when I do the pictures?

01:31 Yeah, yeah, show it, please.

01:32 Yeah, yeah.

01:33 (audience cheering)

01:36 To my parents, Pat and John Waters,

01:38 who despite being horrified by my early films

01:43 and some of the late ones too,

01:46 encouraged me to continue because I guess they just thought,

01:48 what else could I possibly do except be in show business?

01:53 Many of my family is here today,

01:56 and I imagine they are as astonished as I am

01:59 about this tribute in a way.

02:01 My oldest friends too, many of whom have worked with me,

02:05 but also were with me in my private life,

02:08 in the good times and the bad, not just show business.

02:12 Bob Shea at New Line, oh, Sarah Risher too,

02:15 thank you for green lighting me all these times.

02:18 Warner Brothers too, for distributing my films now.

02:21 And the other studios that green lit me.

02:24 Same to Tom Hanson, my originable showbiz attorney,

02:27 who taught me the ropes.

02:29 And now Jason Hendler also has taken over that duty.

02:33 I salute Outfest too, for sponsoring this event.

02:37 And thinking I was gay enough to receive it.

02:42 I get down on my knees for you, yes.

02:50 And next year, maybe divine.

02:54 All right?

02:55 The Hollywood Walk of Fame, you're the best.

03:02 And I hope the most desperate showbiz rejects

03:06 walk over me here, and feel some sort of respect

03:11 and strength.

03:12 The drains on this magic boulevard

03:15 will never wash away the gutter of my gratitude.

03:19 The flotsam of my film career,

03:22 or the waste of water's appreciation.

03:26 Thank you, Academy, for this major show

03:28 you've been giving me.

03:29 Thank you, Hollywood.

03:30 This time, I've finally gone beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

03:35 Thank you.

03:36 (audience cheering)

03:39 - So, as you may know, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

03:48 administers the Walk of Fame on behalf

03:51 of the city of Los Angeles.

03:53 This is a real place in the city that we call Hollywood,

03:57 and it's represented by L.A. City Councilmember

04:00 Hugo Sotomartinez.

04:03 And on his behalf, we present you, John Waters,

04:06 with a resolution on behalf of the city of L.A.

04:09 (audience cheering)

04:13 (audience applauding)

04:16 (audience cheering)

04:23 - Just step out, okay?

04:26 - Yeah, we can put one more for you.

04:28 - Yeah, I want to put you up.

04:30 - I swear.

04:31 (audience chattering)

04:40 (audience cheering)

04:43 (audience applauding)

04:47 (audience cheering)

04:50 (audience cheering)

04:53 (whooshing)

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