Crime Quote by Kari Skogland

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

— George Carlin

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.

— Richard King

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

Violence has been a part of films since the beginning of time. It's been a form of entertainment.

— Vanessa Hudgens

Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of pleasure that…

— Sissela Bok

Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.

— Deborah Prothrow-Stith

There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds…

— Alva Myrdal

We have to understand (this is another key piece) that there are some individuals who still need that drama, that experience of violence.

— Christine McCormick Day

Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates…

— Bernice King

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

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'm not sure that the problem of violence in society can be put at the feet of the entertainment industry.

— Ivana Milicevic