Love Quote by Tracey Ullman

Ullman’s compliment lands with a comedian’s precision: a hug with a flinch built in. “I love John Waters” is the headline, but the real action is in the caveat. By admitting “stuff in it that’s beyond the boundaries of my taste,” she’s doing two things at once: protecting her own brand of wit (sharp, mainstream-adjacent, character-driven) while signaling she’s fluent in Waters’ gleefully transgressive language. It’s a disclaimer that doubles as a badge.

The phrase “boundaries of my taste” is carefully chosen. She doesn’t moralize; she aestheticizes. Waters’ provocations aren’t framed as “too far” ethically, but as intentionally outside her personal palate. That matters in comedy culture, where policing and pearl-clutching are easy traps. Ullman avoids sounding prudish without pretending she’s immune to discomfort. She’s essentially saying: I can be delighted and challenged without needing to cosplay as the perfect edgy viewer.

Then comes the kicker: “but his movies have always been like that.” It’s affectionate resignation, and it’s also a defense of the artist’s consistency. Waters isn’t a provocateur having a bad day; the provocation is the point, the signature. Ullman’s subtext is admiration for a filmmaker who doesn’t sand down his weirdness for approval. Coming from a performer who’s built a career on inhabiting social types and exposing their nerves, it reads like professional respect: some comedy works best when it threatens your taste on purpose.