Joe Dempsie Quotes

Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising.

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch.

Audiences in every medium are becoming far more savvy. No one goes to watch a Tom Cruise movie any more just because it's starring Tom Cruise. No one gives a toss. Concept is what makes actors raise their game. Everyone's on merit now.

Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public.

I think there's enough TV that makes people feel dumb out there.

I only know what I read in the papers.

I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.

Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read.

Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.

In my opinion FOX is known for being a network that just advertises, and that's pretty much how they get their viewers.

I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.

TV news is not very instructive.

I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.

I'm really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill.

Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.

The truthiness is, anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news 'at' you.

Television is not a gimmick, and if you think it is, you’ll lose again.

There's something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to get into a really serious analysis of our culture.

It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.