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Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

Moviegoers love the intricacies of a crime all the more when it's for a good cause.

So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?

Not all films are going to go down in history.

Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I.

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.

I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one.