“If TV seems improved, I think it's been enhanced by violence and sex permissible on cable, as well as better cinematography, but in the end it's really only soap operas like your grandmother's afternoon "stories" and that's all it wants to be or has to be.” IfsThinkingWantWellsEndsStoriesSeemsSexViolenceTvsLike YouGrandmotherAfternoonOperaSoapCablesSoap OperasCinematographyYour Grandmother Author:William Monahan
“Your life could be taken from you at any moment. Between AIDS and the violence against gay people that was so prevalent back then, you really didn't feel like you were living in the United States of America, in a first world country. You had a sense that life was a precious commodity you had to fight to keep.” PeopleWorldFeelsFirstsCountryStatesMomentsAmericaFightingUnitedUnited StatesTakenViolenceLike YouGayAidsUnited States Of AmericaCommodityGay People Author:Dale Peck
“All I'd ever heard my entire life in my family was, "Nobody wanted you, and we took you in." When you get that into your head at a tender age, you really feel like you are an unlovable human being, and then you behave like one. That's exactly what I had done. It took me many years to deal with my own violence and find my own niche.” FeelsYearsHumansDoneAgeWantedMy OwnHuman BeingsDealsViolenceHeardLike YouMy FamilyBehaveNicheUnlovable Author:Sam Hamill
“Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, "You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]." I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does.” PeopleFirstsWellsDoePlayBigsViolenceLike YouSceneSittingFirst TimeValleysSatisfying Author:Ti West