Paul Verhoeven Quotes

Netherlands, Director
July 18, 1938

Paul Verhoeven (born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, screenwriter and film producer. Active in both the Netherlands and Hollywood, Verhoeven's blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the films RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers (1997) and Elle (2016).

Also known as Screenwriter, Film Producer

Jesus was a human being, bound by history and the natural world; an extraordinary man, to be sure, but still a man.

Paul Verhoeven
- World
- History
- Jesus
My first film was a comedy, but after that I went always into more heavier stuff.

Paul Verhoeven
- Comedy

Jesus may have had an immense sense of importance or destiny, but he never claimed to be the Son of God.

Paul Verhoeven
- God
- May
- Jesus
I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.

Paul Verhoeven
- Done
- Science
I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

Paul Verhoeven
Science fiction is about worlds you don't know and worlds you can create, like in 'Avatar'.

Paul Verhoeven
- Science