General Quote by Vincent Cassel

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

— Jim Carroll

I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too…

— Fede Alvarez

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

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

— John Hillcoat

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

— George Cukor

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 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

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

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence…

— Andrew Dominik

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

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

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