Erika Christensen Quotes

Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.

I do show violence as entertainment. Clearly, I'd be a liar if I said I didn't.

I'm a teen boy, so I like seeing blood and guts. I know it's fake, but I'm having fun.

We see a lot of gory deaths on 'Game of Thrones.'

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate.

I've always wanted to do action stuff. I like it. You really want something that's special; that's got something special about it and not cheesy, I guess. I'll tell you something, it's fun, it's different. Comedy is difficult. Doing comedy is very difficult. Action stuff is fun.

BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects, like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth - meaning mountains, cliffs. It's for sure - for me - it's the ultimate feeling of being in free fall, with all the visual references.

I found out I really love brutal fight scenes.

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

Most screen violence is tedious.

I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.

Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much.

I feel like I don't watch that many shows with death.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it.

Hollywood is great for entertaining people, it's a wonderful business but it's make-believe, you must remember that. That's one of the most important things to remember and the distinction in your own life, otherwise people get lost in their own fame, and it makes them unhappy.

Don't get me wrong - I love books! I just think a video has a bigger bang when it comes to a good, old-fashioned adrenaline rush.

You can't beat a cop drama. That's what everybody seems to want to watch.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

This is certainly not to excuse the violence that exists on TV and films and on the Internet. But the truth is that wherever you go in Europe, there are American films and TV shows that are just as popular as at home. And you don't have that sense of violence in any other place other than America.

Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment.