Olivia Williams Quotes

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.

'Teletubbies' is a national institution, and it was a privilege to be asked to be their voice. It feels super surreal, but it does feel wonderful.

Maybe, I got a sense when [Star Wars] came out, and there were always these lines around the block. We didn't understand the popularity of Cheers until maybe five years into the series.

Everyone loved 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama,' and it appealed to a mass.

There is such a flood of TV shows, movies, video games, comics, and books, but somehow 'Avatar' is still being discovered by each new generation.

More people saw me in one episode of 'Cheers' than would ever see me in a play.

When 'Toast' got on Netflix, I noticed a difference. It was something I thought that only myself and a few people would find funny, and suddenly it's on a very large platform. Now it kind of belongs to everyone.

When 'Kaanta Laga' was offered to me, I was in college, doing my engineering course. I did the shooting of the song for some pocket money. I never imagined it to become such a huge hit.

Sports is a unique thing in our country. It's so influential. It's almost like a sacrament for religion.

You can't really predict what the fans love.

Just like multiplex theatres, the industry had become divided, making films that alienated one kind of audience or another. It was really time to come out of the niche and make something that, at a certain level, clicked with everyone. 'Wanted' did just that. It opened the gates once more.

Cinema and cricket are two professions in this country that people have an opinion on.

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

Contrary to what most people believe, fads are made, not born.

I have to say, post-fame was difficult because it wasn't just fame: it was super-fame of a kind that few have. It was attached to a generation's dreams, and my own personal dreams were mixed up in it, too.

I go to anything at the cinema that gets the hype. I'm so easily seduced by it.

When a show is popular, sometimes the industry dismisses it.

It's nice to be part of a film that will be watched by a large audience.

'Downton' took a long time to catch fire in America, but we have been getting good reviews for 'Tango.'

Reality TV started becoming big when I was in college, around 2002. I remember everyone kept saying, 'Man, you guys should do reality.' And I was always like, 'I don't know.'

Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum.

The Situation has mass appeal.

Wannabe was so huge. So big. So unexpected.

I don't even know what is popular.

There's no way to play it cool when you meet Paul McCartney. You just start sweating; you trip over your words. Everyone kind of reverts back to being a 10-year-old girl. You can't help it. He's one of the only people on planet Earth that everyone knows who he is. Everyone.