Daminano, Gerald:
[
about Linda Lovelace] I think she was someone who had to be told what to do.
Barbara Boreman:
When she died, she was penniless.
Linda Lovelace:
[
archive footage] And virtually everyone that watches "Deep Throat" is watching me being raped.
Daminano, Gerald:
They invented a new word, filmmaker. Suddenly there were independent filmmakers.
Barbara Boreman:
[
about Chuck Trainor] When he died, it saved me the trouble of killing him, lucky for him.
Linda Lovelace:
Getting to hang out with my grandchildren and my children, that's my joy.
Harry Reems:
They told me, if the Republicans get elected, you're going to jail. If the Democrats get elected, you'll go free.
Lindsey Boreman:
[
Linda Lovelace's daughter] This is a picture of my Mom at work in an office... When they found out about LL, they fired her.
Andrea True:
[
about her hit song, "More, More, More"] I figured it was about time for a porn star to be on the charts.
Narrator:
At one point, "Deep Throat" was banned in 23 states.
Larry Parrish:
If you wanna dance, you gotta pay the piper. I'm the piper
Harry Reems:
I lost my home, I lost my friends... I was actually reduced to panhandling on Sunset Blvd.
Harry Reems:
The last few movies I did, I could even stand up... I was so drunk I did 'em sitting down... just sitting and doing dialog... I would get drunk, show up, work, someone would take me home and I'd drink some more... It was a blur, it was all a blur.
Erica Jong:
It was based on the idea that all a man had to do was put his penis down a woman's throat and thrust and the woman was as satisfied as the man. Well, guess what?
Cavett, Dick:
I defended Harry Reems because Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty did. That's that basis of all my decisions, what those guys do, both then and now.
Carl Bernstein:
If a source is on 'deep background' that means that they are so far in the background of a story, there is no possibility of accreditation. Since this source was on 'deep background' we called him 'deep throat'. Deep background, deep throat.
Mary Carey:
[
When asked who starred in "Deep Throat"] It was ah, ah, that woman that just died.
Norman Mailer:
[
On why middle class people watched "Deep Throat"] It was a mid-world between crime and art.
Ron Wertheim:
Gerry's primary motivation was to get laid. Really. And he did.
Gore Vidal:
We lie about human sexuality because we lie about everything. If everybody lies, then there's no reality.
Gore Vidal:
[
When asked about fear of human sexuality] Well, you must not forget our esteemed countrymen who have never taken a course in biology... never read a book...
Daminano, Gerald:
[
archive footage] What I want now is some of your ass.
Older Lady:
[
archive footage] I just saw it, and I liked it! I liked it. I wanted to see a dirty picture, and that's what I saw. But I want the right to see that picture. I don't want somebody telling me that I can't see a dirty picture.
Older Man:
[
archive footage] We have smut all over the face of this country now, because we are letting those immoral people have their way in our country.
Harry Reems:
[
archive footage] Did I belong in jail for five years for acting in deep throat?
Linda Lovelace:
[
archive footage] It makes me feel so tingly all over and then nothing.
Helen:
[
archive footage] Mind if I smoke, while you're eating?
Man:
No, not at all.
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