Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

Movies are our cheap and easy expression, the sullen art of displaced persons.

Hollywood and film portray who we are as a people and what we value as a culture.

Cinema has a large scope as it is a mirror of society and with the mindset changing, people are taking it more seriously.

Pop culture is like our subconscious.

I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.

Films are the largest and most impactful medium.

No one is bigger than cinema.

I like to say that Hollywood is one of the most democratic entities in the world and the reason why is every ticket is a vote.

Media is the first important portion of any cinema industry.

To me, movies are valuable as an art form and as a wonderful means of popular entertainment. But I think movies have gone terribly wrong.

Cinema is like dream.

The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in.

Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.

All over the world, maybe besides literature, there's nothing that touches many people as movies do. People see them everywhere.

He asked me whether I had seen the movie 'The Color Purple.' I said no she hadn't. And Bobby said, 'Well, it's a terrible picture. They don't make good, decent, moral pictures nowadays.'

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies.

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

Television is the first truly democratic culture—the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.

I believe films are the mirror of society we live in.

I feel the primary job of cinema is to entertain.

I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.