The sooner we admit our capacity for evil the less apt we are to destroy each other.

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People seem to have this strange idea that films can influence people to be violent, but in my sincere opinion film only reflects the violence of society.

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People love seeing violence and horrible things. The human being is bad and he can't stand more than five minutes of happiness. Put him in a dark theater and ask him to look at two hours of happiness and he'd walk out or fall asleep.

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American critics always complain about the blandness of mainstream movies, but when you do something more ambiguous and ironic, they are pissed off too. I like putting certain aspects of American society under the magnifying glass and showing them for what they are.

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