Quotes About Values

'Ratboy' is an offbeat film with a lot of comments to make about human values. But, because it's offbeat, it doesn't have an obvious market.

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.

I take offence if I'm called arrogant, because I've been brought up in a family that does not endorse arrogance.

We do not want to sell anything that offends people.

My movies were always clean. There was never anything obnoxious in them that might offend anybody.

The French don't think everyone should have the same bank balance, but they're offended by extremes of inequality.

The family meal is really the nursery of democracy. It's where we learn to share; it's where we learn to argue without offending. It's just too critical to let go, as we've been so blithely doing.

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.

I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

I make it a point to listen to a song before being a part of it to ensure that there is nothing offensive or downgrading.

The most offensive thing is when people say, 'Everything you do is for the money.'

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever.

The world has a great deal more to offer than money.

I was offered 'I'm A Celebrity...' for a lot of money, but I don't like the level of degradation.

I didn't take all the films that were offered, just those with dignity.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.

I had better offers financially but from the first day I said I want to come to Liverpool.

I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money.

I had got a couple of offers for appearances in films, but I didn't want to be a part of any film just for the sake of it.

Conservatives don't love business for some abstract reason. We love it because of what it offers our children. Hope.