Fred Durst Quotes

If you're doing a family movie, you don't want it to be stupid. Farting chihuahuas is not my idea of entertainment for kids or adults. So you try to make a movie that adults can see on one level, and kids can see on another.

When I became a father, I saw what passed for family entertainment. So much of it was vapid. I wanted to make things that mattered.

Some movies are entirely too heavy, and some movies have no meat in them.

The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV.

I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.

I will not support any game that doesn't express what I think is worthwhile.

I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.

Good TV is not just TV about good behavior.

I want to entertain people, but with some substance.

I like the values in Flicka, and I wanted to do a movie my kids could see and be proud of.

I want something that's going to linger and stay with me and give me something to think about and chew over. That's the real objective here; it creates something that doesn't feel disposable.

TV needs to be the medium for progress, not degeneration. There needs to be more programming for children. Plays need to become more responsible.

'KAY' is the kind of film you can watch with your family and enjoy for 2.5 hours.

I think the moment you try to make something for kids, you are making something really cruddy that even kids don't want to watch most of the time.

I keep saying this to everyone: 'Grand Masti' is a family film that the entire family needs to watch - independently!

Puthagam' can be tagged as a complete family entertainer, and the reason I call it the same is because I always wanted to make films that I can watch with my entire family.

I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best.

I feel the responsibility to make things which on some level have something positive to say.

I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

We certainly weren't the only show that managed to be funny and engaging and relatable but never talk down to the audience. There have only been a handful of those that I can think of that aren't super-cheesy or sappy or way too kid-friendly. 'Boy Meets World' was special in that way.

When I make movies, I have a lot of respect for my audience. I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best.

I ask myself all the time, 'Why keep doing this?' If I wasn't exploring or finding something to write about that was personal or meant something, there'd be no reason. If I was ever making a record just to make a record, or ever just like, 'Just put something out there that someone will buy,' I would quit.

I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun.

I don't make movies that make fun of anything.

The great thing for me about 'The Resurrection of Gavin Stone' is it's a throwback to the old fashioned Hollywood movie that you can watch with your family, has a message, and is funny and entertaining. They didn't call them faith-based movies; they just called them good movies.