"Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin"
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The subtext is also about who gets to be offended, and by what. Violence is packaged as plot, catharsis, even virtue; sex is framed as scandal. By choosing "more skin" rather than "more sex", she keeps it breezy and visual, emphasizing the prudishness around mere bodies, not just explicit acts. It is disarming: you laugh, then realize the punchline is aimed at censorship norms, ratings boards, and the culture that rewards carnage while clutching pearls at nipples.
Context matters: Diaz came up in a late-90s/early-2000s Hollywood machine that sold "edgy" primarily through either bullets or bare flesh, often with women positioned as the commodity in both. Her line subtly reclaims agency within that system: if audiences are going to consume spectacle, she is naming the hypocrisy and choosing the kind that feels, at minimum, less cruel. It is a pop-culture one-liner with an ethical aftertaste.
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"Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/personally-i-dont-like-watching-violence-id-much-50412/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






