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I'm not allowed to see R-rated movies, but I did see 'Kick-Ass' because I'm in it. I'm not going to skip out on my own premiere!

It's very difficult to release an X-rated movie.

I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!

Censorship has had a long history in the western world. Book banning is as old as books.

More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read.

Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.

We had a certain kind of material that was not dangerously esoteric.

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

To me, the thing about anime is that it's so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see 'Akira' there with the little 'Not for Kids' sticker on it. That always made an impact on me.

The best things in life are censored.

One of the first cassette tapes I ever purchased was the 'Rambo III' score. I was not allowed to see 'Rambo,' but my mom would allow me to buy the music, so I would listen to that score over and over and imagine the movie.

My children aren't normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I'm in.

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on campuses. Those places are all gone.

Hot Fuzz in a strange way, for me, summons up the spirit of watching R-rated films that I was too young to watch. I was 14, 13 maybe, when Robocop came out. Seeing Robocop at my brother's friend's house, and not really supposed to be watching it, because it was [rated] 18 and I was 13. That mind-blowing experience, because not only is it a great film, but it feels illicit.

For me personally, when I was a kid, that's like the stuff I wanted to watch - all the R-rated stuff.

You know I've had work banned.

Use of the word; the word itself was not printed.

The Internet doesn't like you to learn too much about explosives.

I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.