Doe Quote by Jamie Foxx

Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture.

— Eli Roth

The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you…

— Christopher McQuarrie

I think if there was no violence in our world, there would be no violence in film. Violence is a part of human nature,…

— Niels Arden Oplev

Movies and television don't make you violent; all they do is channel the violence more creatively.

— George Carlin

Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more.

— Martin Scorsese

I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. Violence in life breeds violence in films.

— Robert Aldrich

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.

— Kathryn Bigelow

Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.

— Stanley Kubrick

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that…

— Dean Koontz

All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.

— Alana Stewart

The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

— Julie Taymor

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case…

— Joel Coen