Viewer Discretion Quotes

The viewers have the brains to decide the merits of a film and there is no point in blaming them if it flops.

If something is too risque, don't watch it.

As a viewer of television if there's something I don't like or find offensive, I just don't watch it.

I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.

As a viewer, I decide when I see the promo of a film whether I want to watch it or not. No amount of marketing can convince me otherwise.

I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, 'Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.'

As a writer, I've tried to avoid strong opinions about morality. You just want to present things as they are and let the viewer come to their own conclusion.

Television is perhaps the greatest medium ever discovered to teach and educate and even to entertain. But the filth, the rot, the violence, and the profanity that spew from television screens into our homes is deplorable. It is a sad commentary on our society. The fact that a television set is on six or seven hours every day in most of the homes of America says something of tremendous importance.

Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'

One of the things is that you need to space out scary movies.

I don't like watchingpeople get shot so I would be a little skittish about that - squeamish, but I must say, I don't think the argument that this is going to offend Muslims is a legitimate argument.

Parental Discretion is advised, but will be completely f*n, ignored

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

I'm not presumptuous enough to feel that people are going to feel what I have in mind, so I tell a story, you know, let them read something, that doesn't change, that as I have said it, you know, so that's the way I feel about the viewer, the viewer has a mind of their own and eyes of their own and they're going to see it their way, I just hope they look.

If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.

If we should pass on whether or not a film is pornographic, we should take a look at it.

Sometimes, big budget movies with big stars also flop, and sometimes small films manage to win the heart of audiences. Ultimately, it is the viewer who is the king and it depends on the liking of the audiences.

I looked at enough of American Idol in the first weeks, and they're all about humiliation. I listen to Rush Limbaugh because I find it so repulsive. There are people with a little less sophistication who watch a lot of it, because we allow things to appeal to our baser instincts. But at the same moment, give me a little choice, and I'll make a better decision, because I have that ability too. And so does everybody else.

I don't like any nastiness on tv unless it's coming from me.

I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film.

What exactly is 'viewer discretion'? If viewers had discretion, most television shows would not be on the air.

There's times where you can watch television and say, 'Look at that cheesy thing they're doing for ratings,' and you're right.

On 'The Mick' we want to make the funniest family show possible, but maybe pushing the boundaries of which family members you want to be watching - some kids will be too young for it.

I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't like, and I understand that. It's an important movie and one that's extremely well done, but the amount of violent imagery was not for me.

They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television.