Certain Quote by Kathryn Bigelow

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

— John Hillcoat

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

— Abbas Kiarostami

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

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

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.

— George Cukor

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 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

Violence is a very ugly thing. Violence is often so casual on film, and made to look so cool and so sexy, but violence…

— James Purefoy

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

— Jim Carroll

My approach to violence is that if it's pertinent, if that's the kind of movie you're making, then it has a purposeI think there's…

— Guy Ritchie

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.

— Matthew Vaughn

I don't feel comfortable with violence, and I'm not sure that I film violent scenes properly, and it's something I'm reticent to do, and…

— Jacques Audiard