Tahar Rahim Quotes

I am very happy that Japanese film can cross borders.

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models.

The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

The joining of the Japanese with the French should make a new movement. I think it should be good for Paris.

It is such a special place to be when people all over the world enjoy the TV show that you are in.

I don't think art is bound by language or country.

I've always been attracted to multicultural music. It's where the world is going.

If I can still have Hollywood and a piece of Bollywood, I will take it.

There were so many more opportunities in K-pop for a young Asian American singer.

When I came in the NBA, it was more a U.S. game. Now you can watch the NBA anywhere in the world.

Because English is the universal language. No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.

This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.

Since I came from another part of the world, I expected many differences in the way things worked, but at the end of the day, there actually were more similarities between the American and Indian entertainment industry: the same chaos, creativity, passion, and genius all around.

The world is shrinking, and everyone is majorly interested in Indian films now.

In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

When directors like Joe Russo, who understand story from a very global perspective, start working more and more with Chinese filmmakers, you'll start seeing Chinese films that connect with audiences all over Asia, Europe, and South America - maybe even North America.

I traveled to Morocco once, and I only saw one television when I was there, but I did go into this dirt cave and I saw this kid chopping tomatoes and pita, and he had a picture on the wall of Jean-Claude Van Damme holding a gun. That connected with him on the other side of the world, so no wonder these big movies are made - they have a mass appeal.

The mutating virus of multiculturalism has escaped its breeding ground in elite universities and is now running rampant across popular culture, entertainment, and politics.

You can go to some countries where people may not be able to conversate with you, but they can sing your lyrics word for word.

Feliz Navidad' has interfaced the English and Spanish cultures to come together and after all, we're living in a multi-cultural world.

America is the NBA of culture. So to have Asian people in the biggest entertainment market in the world, in Hollywood, is cool.

I've never seen a boy band that had members who look like us - kids of color from all over the world - and met on the Internet.

The way cinema has grown I think, doesn't matter if its Hindi or South. People watch all languages.

As a member of the audience, when you see someone from your country working in an international project, your curiosity about that film increases manifold.