Ifs Quote by Andrew Dominik

It's such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who don't even know that you're being subtle and vicious

— Ayn Rand

I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts. It happens…

— Takeshi Kitano

When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the…

— Anurag Kashyap

Violence is a calm that disturbs you.

— Jean Genet

It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.

— Eric Hoffer

One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that…

— Colin Baker

I find it really easy to be aggressive, I find it easy to cry.

— Kelvin Fletcher

I think violence should be a bit much sometimes because I don't like glorifying violence.

— Riley Stearns

So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as…

— James S.A. Corey

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset…

— Roman Polanski

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

— Kathryn Bigelow