Uwe Boll Quotes

Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke.

If you're not offending one group of people, you're not entertaining the other.

I try to make the majority of my audience laugh. That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist.

Even if people hate my other movies, and hate me, or whatever, I think from this point of view, Postal is the most important movie after September 11. It's not respecting any edge, any border, any nation, any religion - it's an all-type offender. I think that only if everybody gets a little pissed about something then you will start thinking about your situation.

After 'Urinetown,' 'Avenue Q' and now 'Mormon,' is there an envelope remaining to be pushed?

Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.

Some people can do things and get away with it. Comics are famously like that. Why is it that some guys can say the most horrible things and it's not offensive, it's funny?

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.

I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.

The reason I want to show shocking things is that they always pose an ethical question.

Some felt as if 'Charlie Hebdo' was obsessed with its 'Screw Allah' stance. It's a sort of provocation that caused a lot of debates.

I guess that compared to other comic strips, I'm edgy. But put me along something like 'South Park,' and I'm 'Captain Kangaroo.'

Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick.

We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.

Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.

The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what I smacked them with.

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'.

I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now.

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

I just write and do what I think is funny. Sometimes, you do have it in your head about certain bits. There are certain jokes where I know if I did them in certain situations, it would irk people. There are times where I look at the news and see a story going on, and I'm like, 'Wow, if I tweeted this, I would get press if I wanted to.'

I need my comedy to offend. That's my personal views.

I don't have any interest in filmmakers making statements just for the sake of being provocative.

I enjoy upsetting the right people. I love poking fun at earnest censors. I want to push the bounds of what can be said on the Internet.