Kajol Quotes

Movies don't necessarily change culture. I don't know if we know for sure if movies change culture but we know for sure that they reflect culture.

People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.

There's this moment happening in our culture where the power of the audience and the influence that people of color have is undeniable at this point.

I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.

Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there.

If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that.

'The Cosby Show' changed America's opinion on so many different topics and opened so many people's eyes, and so you really learned immediately the power of what you were doing, that there was a power in portraying a role, and you were made aware of the effect that it could have on people, so it does raise the bar.

I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

Film is a tool of change.

Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

Cinema is a reflection of society and, in most cases, has the ability to be a mirror and not just show the problems but also give solutions and help them reach a large number of people through faces and voices that matter.

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 am not looking at my TV show to change the world.

The entertainment industry has an effect on social consciousness.

All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.

As a moviemaker, I'm able to have a little impact on the socio-political landscape and to reach a large audience around the world. That inspires me. That is something I'm inspired by and it's what I inspire to.

I'm very aware of how much movies, literature and art affect culture. They are a reflection of the world around us and they are also a means by which we engage with the world around us.

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.