Casual Quote by James Purefoy

You must understand that violence in a movie is only a tool. If it's used badly, it will be horrible. If it's used correctly,…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with.

— Quentin Tarantino

At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us…

— Pauline Kael

Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment. Asking me about violence is like going up to Vincente Minnelli and asking him to justify his…

— Quentin Tarantino

It's strange the way people hear and see things. Like going to films - —violent films. To me, seeing violence in a film makes…

— Jim Capaldi

Violence is used to portray what happens in a film. It only helps portray the actors and what they do. I think it is…

— Jake Lloyd

Watching violence in movies or in TV programs stimulates the spectators to imitate what they see much more than if seen live or on…

— Steven Spielberg

I don't know - personally, I don't watch many films where the violence itself is the main entertainment, because I find them boring.

— Stellan Skarsgard

I've never really been a fan of violence. I'm more into the characters and their journey and those kinds of movies don't really allow…

— Toni Collette

Violence is so terribly fast . . . the most perverse thing about the movies is the way they portray it in slow motion,…

— Jim Carroll

Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence…

— Jason Patric

Unfortunately, I've seen violence, and I think, in films, it is the dramatic extremity of it.

— John Hillcoat