Joss Whedon Quotes

It's just amazing to do something that's part of a pop culture phenomenon.

Being a part of 'Sex and the City' was like being at the center of the universe - it was extraordinary.

I think that 'Twilight' is so big that nothing can affect it.

Having a hit is nice, having some success, but when you move popular culture, that's a high.

On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able to activate a kind of echo chamber or bandwagon or cascade - they didn't particularly hit with the time. Some things are just too astonishingly good to not hit the top. Those three explanations, with respect to the Star Wars phenomenon, seem to me all to pass the plausibility test, and to explore them, with respect to Star Wars, I think casts light not just on the saga of our time, but also on everything about our culture.

People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly.

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.

I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.

People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing.

In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.

Look at the way sports, music and film have become driving forces of popular culture. Fashion is the fourth pillar.

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters.

It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

It really is true that when an issue becomes pop culture, it changes faster, and it's really great for the issue.

I feel like I'm changing pop culture.

The cultural value of 'Gossip Girl' was this interesting question. Sure, it seemed to have been a worldwide, cultural phenomenon for some time. And, yes, anywhere I go, I do get recognized. At the same time, it also lacked the kind of importance that people might anticipate.

Funnily enough, 'Shooting Stars,' that stupid little panel show, is the most influential thing we've done.

It's hard to tell why something touches a zeitgeist and when that same show doesn't in other places.

I was thinking the other day that there will never be another form of music that everybody has to respond to - like disco.

Popular culture as a whole is popular, but in today's fragmented market it's a jostle of competing unpopular popular cultures. As the critic Stanley Crouch likes to say, if you make a movie and 10 million people go see it, you'll gross $100 million - and 96 per cent of the population won't have to be involved. That alone should caution anyone about reading too much into individual examples of popular culture.

Culture is so much faster and so much more effective than anything else. If you go on a march, you march for a couple hours and it might be on the news that night, but if it happens culturally, it happens forever. Everywhere in the world, that TV show is being played. Someone is downloading it illegally. It's blowing someone else's mind. Culture marches so quickly, and it's a language we all understand.

Understand me, Hollywood miniseries are very popular in England. But British miniseries make a tremendous mark on the national consciousness. They become part of the national culture and mythology... at least for a time.