Paul Verhoeven Quotes
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Vierde man, De (1983) [["The Fourth Man"] has to do with my vision of religion. In my opinion, Christianity is nothing more than one of many interpretations of reality, neither more nor less. Ideally, it would be nice to believe that there is a God somewh...
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[On his filmmaking style] 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 glas...
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The sooner we admit our capacity for evil the less apt we are to destroy each other.
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As a director, my goal is to be completely open. Just look at how I portray sex in my films. They`re considered shocking and obscene because I like to carefully examine human sexuality. It has to be realistic. I really like documentaries, therefore, reali...
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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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| Name | Paul Verhoeven |
| Age | 71 |
| Date of Birth | July 18, 1938 |
| Birthplace | Amsterdam |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Film Director |
| Category | Dutch Film Director |
