Ian Somerhalder Quotes

I hope to be remembered as someone who promoted positive change in Mexican business and society - even if this is not currently understood.

Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.

I definitely feel that films and TV shows can bring about social change.

You can spread awareness through entertainment.

I want to be the one to make a change, like when my father started his music. It's about the message. Coffee is a vehicle to create change.

Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.

I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change.

I was waiting for the world to change. I'm no longer waiting; I'm part of that movement. I think our role as performers and entertainers is so much bigger.

Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.

I want society to feel they are part of a process of change.

TV is the most powerful medium, which has taken me right into the homes of so many people.

When we make these decisions that we're going to commit ourselves to making a difference in the life of one person every single day, what happens is we actually build a whole generation of citizen leaders.

Films are the largest and most impactful medium.

I am trying change trends in movies, just as I am trying to change trends in politics.

I always knew I had to find a way to be a catalyst for positive change.

We really owe it to our world to infuse our entertainment with messaging.

Could a person really make a social contribution through music consciously? I mean, beyond making a person happy to hear the song and more making a social contribution consciously through your music? For me, Stevie Wonder is the paragon of that. And I didn't want to be Stevie Wonder, but I did want to do what he does.

I genuinely do want the world to change in a positive way, but I wouldn't call myself an activist, you know? I'm an entertainer who engages with activism because it feels really meaningful for me.

I think we're at a really critical time in terms of art, and I think it's totally possible to have a project that is entertaining but also moving the cultural needle forward. I think it's one of the reasons I'm so grateful to work on 'Billions.'

It would, of course, be wrong to say that the arts have no social value. They have tremendous power and can often, indirectly, make our world a better place to live in.

I'm about creating positive change in the communities that I come from.

The entertainment industry has an effect on social consciousness.

It's always important for people to be able to watch WWE, especially because it's a global product, it's important for people all over the world to be able to look at the screen and see somebody who looks like them doing great things. And in turn, that inspires them to do great things.

A unicorn is a community that's positively impacted the lives of a billion people.

I only want to use my status as a comic actor to bring about a difference to society.