Raoul Peck Quotes

The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.

There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.

Hollywood ... proved a more reliable, cost-effective means of securing world domination than any nuclear arsenal or diplomatic d’marche.

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.

In today's world, America's soft power is commonly thought to reside in the global popularity of Hollywood movies, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks.

Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way.

Hollywood movies are seen throughout the world.

Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because the English language opens the whole world to the American cinema.

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

America's biggest export is media and I think that's a positive thing.

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

An artist's sphere of influence is the world.

Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.

Content that's generated out of America, whether it be film or music, has, in my opinion, much greater impact in sustaining our credibility and our place as a cultural capital. This is our great export.

From jazz, the blues, country and rock to Hollywood movies, culture has in many ways been our greatest export (or our most obnoxious one, depending on your point of view).

The big French movie distributors are the Trojan horse of the American cinema.

I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do.

Look at 'Avatar:' the foreign ticket sales were over twice the domestic returns. The mind boggles at those kinds of numbers, but that's what you get when you effectively reach out to a global audience. If that kind of thing came to comics, it would undoubtedly change how people perceive the mainstream industry.

A film can reach only the places which the distributor has promised you. Several films are not released internationally, and Web has that wide reach.

Foreign revenues are tremendously important, but foreign audiences are dying for American movies, not for films they could make themselves.

Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going.

Our customers are worldwide themselves - the Middle East, the Far East, Europe.

Bollywood gives you an immense reach. The stars have a huge fan base. The amount spent on promoting a film is incredible. To be part of such productions, in some way or the other, is a blessing for any artiste.