Mira Sorvino Quotes

Reality TV has taken over.

We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.

I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears.

'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum.

The two real leads in 'Children of Men' are Clive Owen and the social environment. You know, this same movie without the social environment maybe is just like a generic chase movie.

The world is changing very profoundly.

Geography determines social development …. But geography may be losing much of its meaning.

… modern civilization … enables us to cure sickness on a huge scale and to destroy each other on a huge scale. It enables us to liberate each other on a huge scale and to tyrannize each other on a huge scale…. There is no evidence of any continuous upward line of social progress

Regardless of politics, our world will continue to change rapidly.

The world is rapidly changing - and with it, we face new global challenges.

You know, we live in a crazy world, I have to say.

I'm not a 'dystopian, futuristic master': I'm a schnook walking the street. It's an insane reality we're living in, and I'm just trying to translate it for myself.

Distance is collapsing in our world. People all over the world are having difficulty imagining their future, and their governments just tell them about the virtues of the past.

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

We've moved from a small world on a big planet to a big world on a small planet.

I have no interest in writing, generally speaking, about America at all - even if it does continue to terrify me.

To me, talk shows are those things during the middle of the afternoon where the underbelly of society is made to look like Middle America.

George Orwell's science-fiction classic 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' wasn't a failure because the future it predicted failed to come to pass. Rather, it was a resounding success because it helped us prevent that future.

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.

I don't think we'll see a 'Real Housewives of Koreatown' anytime soon, but here's hoping.

It's true that globalization, with all its fantastic improvements in the world and the technological progress linked to it, has increased inequality at country level, especially inside countries. And there are people that were left behind - people, sectors, regions - that has created a sense of frustration in the rust belts of the world.

There are always ridiculous things on television or on the Internet that make people go, 'Did you see that?' That could be anything from a clip from the 'Real Housewives' to someone jumping off their roof and missing the pool to a zillion other things.

I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.

I do think 'Gogglebox' is extraordinarily insightful, and I think if politicians want to understand how we are viewed at home, it's quite recommended viewing.

Sadly, I think that 'Children of Men' has only become an increasingly relevant and realistic portrait of where we are in the world.