Sam Peckinpah Professions : Film director Born : February 21, 1925 Died : December 28, 1984 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Sam Peckinpah There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness. Sam Peckinpah break-out violence war Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere. Sam Peckinpah simple fun men The whole underside of our society has always been violence and still is. Churches, laws - everybody seems to think that man is a noble savage. But he's only an animal. A meat-eating, talking animal. Recognize it. He also has grace and love and beauty. But don't say to me we're not violent. Sam Peckinpah animal men thinking I regard everything with irony, including the face I see in the mirror when I wake up in the morning. Sam Peckinpah wake-up mirrors morning I'm a student of violence because I'm a student of the human heart. Sam Peckinpah violence students heart The western is a universal frame within which it's possible to comment on today. Sam Peckinpah comment western today I created 'The Westerner' because of anger - anger at never-miss sheriffs, always-right marshalls, whitewashed gunfighters ... anger at TV's quick-draw tin gods who stand behind a tin star or ten cents' worth of righteous anger and justify their skill and slaughter with a self-conscious grin or a minute's worth of bad philosophy. Sam Peckinpah stars self philosophy I made a film where nobody got shot and nobody went to see it. Sam Peckinpah shots film made Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists. Sam Peckinpah interviews should giving All I want is to enter my house justified. Sam Peckinpah justified house want The end of a picture is always an end of a life. Sam Peckinpah movie ends inspiring I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns. Sam Peckinpah kurosawa able want The Price Is Right can really get me going. Sam Peckinpah Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love. Sam Peckinpah falling-in-love easy fall Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee. Sam Peckinpah mexican film wife From Ride The High Country: "I'll see you later Sam Peckinpah Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
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