The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.
I don't want to be known as this bitter, ex-Scientologist. I'm not trying to bash anybody, and I'm not trying to be controversial. I just want people to know the truth.
I'd be very controversial if I said why, and I don't do controversial anymore. That's too passé. So last year. Being controversial is boring now.
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
People have always wondered if I'm trying to push the envelope when it comes to my cinema - they keep questioning the visual graphics and the controversial content.
Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.
I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.
I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.
I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that.
We're always on a tightrope. We're trying to put together people who don't make sense to be together, talking about issues that are sensitive and controversial. We're mixing dangerous chemicals on a nightly basis.
I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.
I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.
I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.
Big wins in the first Test of an Ashes series polarise everything moving forward.
That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.
We knew that 'Naked Attraction' was going to be controversial but as long as youre being controversial for the right reasons, I have absolutely no problem with it.