Giorgio Moroder Quotes

I think people watch TV to escape from life.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.

The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

I go to see films at the multiplex because they are not good films, and so I don't have to think about things like death, social oppression, or yes, my fertility, while I watch them.

When I was really sick, I loved watching 'Dancing With the Stars.'

It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I am in escapist fare. Having a good time is something that isn't about the war in Iraq or the Asian flu or the Kyoto protocol - things that are horribly depressing to consider in our real lives. I'm eager to get away from them.

Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

Movies are about escape.

It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism.

There's something to be said about sitting in front of the TV and being removed from your own life and just pushed into another one.

There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.

Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.

I think escapism is really important.

All I do is party.

I sell escapism.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

I watch movies, and if I get the chance to watch television, I'm usually prone to watching something completely mindless and mundane that I don't have to follow so closely.

Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.

I absolutely love to relax and have fun. I like socializing; I like chatting. I like dancing, mixing with friends.

My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games. I know that's kind of hard to fathom.

I love watching movies. It breaks up the monotony of the road and momentarily takes you somewhere else.