"I have found a lot of theories explaining why I like violence onscreen. [...] I strongly believe that people like violence, generally speaking."

"He's such a nice man, Kurtwood Smith. I think the villains are mostly played by the nice guys."

"Clarence is an absolutely wonderful criminal."

"The whole story of Murphy itself is a Christ metaphor. Murphy's killing is a crucifixion."

"I really have a problem reducing violence in my movies, even if I feel it's over the top stylistically."

If theyaccept it, we're fine, we have a great movie. If they don't accept it, we're fucked.

"I think the most powerful moment is when we see Murphy's face and it suddenly says DECEASED."

"To get everybody in the mood I was dancing with everybody, you know, to get them making them having fun."

"For me the main issue was something about lost paradise. [...] We're talking about a butterfly remembering his former caterpillar life. And that for me is why I wanted to do the movie."

Michael Ironside was Paul's first choice for Robocop.

The producers fought against the MPAA to keep the toxic waste melting man scene in.

Robocop is the first film Verhoeven shot in the United States.

The first time Verhoeven read the Robocop script, he thought it was silly. His wife convinced him to reread it.

Part of the reason Paul came to the US to film Robocop was because he was having trouble with the government in Holland trying to get things approved.

No one liked the name

They had to send the movie back to the MPAA eight times before it was happy.

Rob Bottin convinced Verhoeven to reveal Robocop (in costume) in gradual pieces rather than all at once.

The first prime directive came out of a fortune cookie the producer opened.

It took Peter Weller nine hours to get into the suit.

Every American director offered the movie turned it down.

Peter Weller wanted people on the set to call him Robo when he was in the suit.

The Robocop suit couldn't be shot in motion from the back because the butt wiggled.

In the Robocop suit, Peter Weller lost 3-4 pounds a day from perspiration.

The explosion of the gas station was so big that it set neighboring buildings on fire. The fire department almost closed down the production as a result.

There is a quick shot of Verhoeven dancing in the club scene.

Paul was mad that the grenade that Boddiker has didn't look real.

Paul thought it would be an interesting commentary on police behavior to have Robocop throw Boddiker through the windows while he was reading him his rights.

The "I'll Buy That for a Dollar" show was shot by Paul Verhoeven.

The original ending showed Nancy okay in the hospital, but