"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."

"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."

"Frankly I’m not a sciencefiction-fan at all! To tell you the truth, I hate sciencefiction! The RoboCop-script was actually in my garbage-can when my wife persuaded me to take another look at it. "

"Believe me, there were plans for a Showgirls 2! It's called Bimbo's. Joe and I seriously discussed it at one point. When the movie turned out the way it did, we made a treatment for a sequel, just for fun. Joe came up with the title; Bimbo's: Nomi goes Hollywood. But nobody wanted to do it..."

"When I was making movies in Holland my films were judged by the critics as decadent, perverted, and sleazy... so I moved to the United States. This was ten years ago. In the meantime, my movies are criticized as being decadent, perverted, and sleazy in this country."

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

"I try to take these elements out of life that I have detested or admired and put them in a movie, be it violence or sex. I think there's no 'why.' It's just the man I am, and it comes from the inside. It's something I just do."

"Remember that Christianity is a religion grounded in one of the most violent acts of murder, the crucifixion. Otherwise, religion wouldn't have had any kind of impact."