Walt Handelsman Quotes

Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.

I wanted to make films that were culturally relevant in my own country, that challenged people, and that people talked about.

I also do political cartoons, but a lot of them must stay, as they say, under the coat. But they are very fun to do, and in France, we have a good subject at the moment.

But I don't think as film-makers it is our responsibility that every time we make a film we should be saying something. If you are entertaining people, that's more than enough.

I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society.

Art is activism.

Creating a clear and engaging video explanation of a complex concept is a great way to demonstrate mastery and to help others understand and love the subject, too.

It's why we're actors: to be able to tell the stories that really matter.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we lose all hope for cinema to ignite a richer conversation.

I believe that cinema is not only an artistic industry, but there is also a political activity.

Artwork operates on two different levels: On one level, there's artwork as a mode of expressivity, and then there's the other side, where the image is a construction that is meant to engage in a discursive field in order to perform a particular function.

I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think.

For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own and make their own assumptions.

Every artist wants his or her work to connect with someone. I think that's why people make art.

There's always this debate about how we need more good films but how many are willing to be part of such films.

It's wonderful to do a play that really means something.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.

That stupid postmodern emphasis on image over content has slammed us right into a dramaturgy that willfully leaves the audience behind and then resents the fact that they don't 'get it.'

I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.

While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.

I love that theatre can be political. You can go watch a play; it sends out messages, and you can go away thinking differently to the way you thought about it before.