Bull Quote by William Klein

'Raging Bull' was staggering to work on. I was well aware of how lucky I was to be in this extraordinary situation. That film…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

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

— Julie Taymor

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'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea.

— Alain Resnais

I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act…

— Park Chan-wook

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to…

— Paul McGann

I won the Oscar for 'Raging Bull' for those fight sequences. If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly storyboarded and…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

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

— Abbas Kiarostami

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

— Nicolas Cage

Sometimes Hollywood manages to knock a movie in its teeth so hard that it never manages to get back up.

— Joel Edgerton

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

Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic.

— Jami Gertz