--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I don't believe in the term 'guilty…" description: "\"I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it implies I should feel ashamed for liking something. A real guilty pleasure would be, I don't ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg" --- # I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it… ![“I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it implies I should feel ashamed for liking something. A real guilty pleasure would be, I don't know, taking gratification in some stranger's ghastly death or something - which I guess I do enjoy, because I read a ton of true crime.” quote by Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg) > “I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it implies I should feel ashamed for liking something. A real guilty pleasure would be, I don't know, taking gratification in some stranger's ghastly death or something - which I guess I do enjoy, because I read a ton of true crime.” [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. He rejects the label “guilty pleasure” because it forces shame on personal enjoyment, suggesting true guilt would involve harmful desires. **In simple terms:** Shame shouldn't attach to harmless likes. Key Takeaway Question enjoyment without shame. Themes personal freedom morality media consumption Mood reflective defensive Type critical personal When to use this quote - watching TV - reading books - listening to music - eating comfort food Key Concepts psychology of shame ethical relativism Questions to Reflect On - Do you judge your own pleasures? - When does pleasure become harmful? A Different Perspective Some pleasures may be socially frowned upon but aren't harmful. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Ashamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/) [Ashamed Liking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed-liking-4299257/) [Because](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because/) [Because I Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because-i-read/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Enjoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoy/) [Feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel/) [Ghastly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghastly/) [Gratification](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gratification/) [Guess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guess/) [Guilty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guilty/) [Guilty pleasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guilty-pleasure/) [Implies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/implies/) [Know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know/) [Liking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liking/) [Pleasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure/) [Pleasure Implies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-implies-4299256/) [Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read/) [Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real/) [Should](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/) [Some](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/some/) [Something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/something/) [Stranger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stranger/) [Taking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/taking/) [Term](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/term/) [Term Guilty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/term-guilty-4299258/) [Ton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ton/) [True](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true/) [True Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-crime-2/) [Which](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/which/) [Would](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/would/) ## Related quotes > [Guilty pleasure implies that it's something that I feel guilty for watching... people tell me I should feel guilty for watching because I'm too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ne-yo/guilty-pleasure-implies-that-it-s-something-that-i-feel-guilty-for/) [Ne-Yo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ne-yo/) > [“Miss Moore speaks slowly, deliberately. "I know because I read." She pulls back and stands, hands on hips, offering us a challenge. "May I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/miss-moore-speaks-slowly-deliberately-i-know-because-i-read-she-pulls/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) > [To make a long story short, I auditioned for the role of Piper because I read the pilots every year and this show was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-prepon/to-make-a-long-story-short-i-auditioned-for-the-role-of-piper-because/) [Laura Prepon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-prepon/) > [“In the end, it doesn’t matter, but I wanted you to know; I needed you to know because I read your text to Sarah.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cate-beauman/in-the-end-it-doesn-t-matter-but-i-wanted-you-to-know-i-needed-you-to/) [Cate Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cate-beauman/) > [“Sean: …………And I'd ask you about war, you'd probably throw Shakespeare at me, right, "once more unto the breach dear friends." But you've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-damon/sean-and-i-d-ask-you-about-war-you-d-probably-throw-shakespeare-at-me/) [Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-damon/) > [There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-carman/there-was-a-time-when-i-thought-i-turned-terrible-things-over-in-my/) [Patrick Carman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-carman/) > [“Because I read so much, I was a romantic in my heart of hearts, but my desire to be part of a romantic story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/because-i-read-so-much-i-was-a-romantic-in-my-heart-of-hearts-but-my/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [I know America's great not because I read about it in a book but because I've seen it with my own eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/i-know-america-s-great-not-because-i-read-about-it-in-a-book-but/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) > [As an adolescent I wrote comic books, because I read lots of them, and fantasy novels set in Malaysia and Central Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/as-an-adolescent-i-wrote-comic-books-because-i-read-lots-of-them-and/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) > [I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/redd-foxx/i-carry-a-knife-now-because-i-read-in-a-white-magazine-that-all-black/) [Redd Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/redd-foxx/) > [I became interested in AI in high school because I read 'Goedel, Escher, Bach,' a book by Douglas Hofstader. He showed how all their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oren-etzioni/i-became-interested-in-ai-in-high-school-because-i-read-goedel-escher/) [Oren Etzioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oren-etzioni/) > [I'm Able To Aid Your Pain Because I've Been There, Not Because I Read Books On Methods To Relieve The Pain, But JUST BECAUSE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marquez-brown/i-m-able-to-aid-your-pain-because-i-ve-been-there-not-because-i-read/) [Marquez Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marquez-brown/) > [Logging into my facebook every night in order to see, who had a bad day, good day, who goes to bed happily and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simphiwe/logging-into-my-facebook-every-night-in-order-to-see-who-had-a-bad/) [Simphiwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simphiwe/) > [“ Journalist: Congressman Kucinich, I believe you're the only one here who voted against the PATRIOT act right away after 9/11. Why is that?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-kucinich/journalist-congressman-kucinich-i-believe-you-re-the-only-one-here/) [Dennis Kucinich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-kucinich/) > [Sometimes I watch films that I can't believe got made. Especially because I read scripts that are truly incredible, that will never get made.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lawrence/sometimes-i-watch-films-that-i-can-t-believe-got-made-especially/) [Jennifer Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lawrence/) ## More by Bill Hader > [The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/the-first-time-i-met-james-franco-he-was-dressed-like-james-dean-he/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Let's face it: I look pretty out of shape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/let-s-face-it-i-look-pretty-out-of-shape/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/in-the-u-s-it-s-like-you-start-with-a-great-script-and-then-on-set/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Fred Armisen does a pretty good me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/fred-armisen-does-a-pretty-good-me/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-took-second-city-out-of-desperation-and-that-s-what-ended-up/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/when-you-re-at-your-absolute-most-exhausted-that-s-when-you-have-to/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/the-idea-of-a-chicago-band-that-wanted-to-sing-songs-about-california/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/no-one-knows-anything-you-re-going-to-make-mistakes-and-you-re-going/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [George Saunders is a complete genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/george-saunders-is-a-complete-genius/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-think-that-s-the-thing-i-learned-at-saturday-night-live-any-time-i/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other people had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/you-learn-quickly-at-snl-you-get-in-trouble-if-you-compare-yourself/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Turns out typecasting is a real thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/turns-out-typecasting-is-a-real-thing/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/you-can-be-the-lead-in-a-movie-just-for-the-sake-of-being-a-lead-in-a/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [I learned a lot just watching people perform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-learned-a-lot-just-watching-people-perform/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Fred Willard still makes me laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/fred-willard-still-makes-me-laugh/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Explore all 155 Bill Hader quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) ## More Ashamed quotes > [If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/if-my-child-had-prejudice-in-his-head-i-d-be-ashamed-i-would-see-it/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) > [I know what you're thinking... and you oughtta be ashamed of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-preston/i-know-what-you-re-thinking-and-you-oughtta-be-ashamed-of-yourself/) [Robert Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-preston/) > [You never meet the writer when you're making a TV movie in America - they're too ashamed to show up and see how their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-don-baker/you-never-meet-the-writer-when-you-re-making-a-tv-movie-in-america/) [Joe Don Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-don-baker/) > [I'm not ashamed of the things I believe and why I believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-huckabee/i-m-not-ashamed-of-the-things-i-believe-and-why-i-believe-them/) [Mike Huckabee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-huckabee/) > [If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/if-with-all-the-time-at-my-disposal-with-all-the-wealth-of-the/) [Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/) > [“with her own life. And I was ashamed.” Humiliated. Broken. Miserable. If Wilcher had stood by Jaymee, if her father hadn’t berated her, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-green/with-her-own-life-and-i-was-ashamed-humiliated-broken-miserable-if/) [Stacy Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-green/) > [You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. You should be ashamed to die until you've made some contribution to mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-johns/you-should-avoid-hedging-at-least-that-s-what-i-think-you-should-be/) [Vernon Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-johns/) > [There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-ruffalo/there-was-no-mistake-in-us-making-abortion-legal-and-available-on/) [Mark Ruffalo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-ruffalo/) > [“When all are undressed, one is somehow not ashamed, but when one's the only one undressed and everybody is looking, it's degrading,' he kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/when-all-are-undressed-one-is-somehow-not-ashamed-but-when-one-s-the/) [Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/) > [There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-weldon-johnson/there-are-a-great-many-colored-people-who-are-ashamed-of-the-cake/) [James Weldon Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-weldon-johnson/) > [I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour, and who then asketh: "Am I a dishonest player?" - for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/i-love-him-who-is-ashamed-when-the-dice-fall-in-his-favour-and-who/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [“Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zondervan-publishing/whoever-is-ashamed-of-me-and-my-words-the-son-of-man-will-be-ashamed/) [Zondervan Publishing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zondervan-publishing/) > [You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-were-never-created-to-live-depressed-defeated-guilty-condemned/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-never-wonder-to-see-men-wicked-but-i-often-wonder-to-see-them-not/) [Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/) > [“To survive during the Khmer Rouge, you had to steal, cheat, lie, point fingers at others, even kill. And now you are ashamed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-brinkley/to-survive-during-the-khmer-rouge-you-had-to-steal-cheat-lie-point/) [Joel Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-brinkley/) [Browse all 1,607 Ashamed quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it implies I should feel ashamed for liking something. A real guilty pleasure would be, I don't know, taking gratification in some stranger's ghastly death or something - which I guess I do enjoy, because I read a ton of true crime.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hader" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleasure-because-it-implies-i/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ashamed" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleasure-because-it-implies-i/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/bill-hader-2662_ashamed_i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleas_1305145.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it implies I should feel ashamed for liking…” — Bill Hader", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Bill Hader", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I don't believe in the term...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleasure-because-it-implies-i/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-don-t-believe-in-the-term-guilty-pleasure-because-it-implies-i/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```