For John Waters, movies mean Baltimore, sex, violence and pushing the limits.

With the 10-year anniversary release of the director's cut of Cry Baby on DVD, Waters finds himself looking back nostalgically at the film that began his cult status as a director who always finds a way to shock his viewers.

THE SUN: What will be different about the director's cut?

WATERS: I learned in screen writing you can't veer too far away from your main characters. So there's extra scenes, in the movie and in the special features, that show you more of what some of the other characters were up to.

THE SUN: What did you see in Johnny Depp to give him his first big-budget role?

WATERS: I thought he had a great sense of humour. He always picked films by directors that give it their own special twist. You can't always be the heartthrob male. It's like the prom king and queen in high school. It's all down hill after the dance.

THE SUN: How was it to see It Came From Baltimore, the making-of documentary that was shot for the DVD release?

WATERS: You could play that at my funeral. It was so amazing to see those people talking about their time on the film. Johnny Depp, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake. It was like a family reunion.

THE SUN: What do you hope people take away from your movies?

WATERS: I want people to take the same thing away from all my movies; just go out there and have fun, mind your own business, don't take things too seriously, learn from it and use that to win.

THE SUN: Do you have any advice for any aspiring writers out there?

WATERS: Always have lots of sex and violence in your first movie, but find a new way to do it. Or better yet, get an NC17 rating without having any sex and violence in it at all. If you could find a way to do that, you'd have a hit for sure.


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