John Wayne Quotes

Filmmaking is essentially about entertainment, but it's amazing to realize that it has this other muscle that could actually help. Do you know what I mean? People permit entertainment to wash over them, but every once and a while, entertainment - and this is entertaining - also galvanizes something else and that would be a really good thing to have happen in this case.

Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because you can't really separate the impact of that political message from it. It's rare that you get films like that I think; that really have an important message and are also entertaining.

Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to the world.

Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want to preach to people, but you want them to think about why things are the way they are, the history that is there as well as the possibilities.

It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries.

I strive to make movies I would enjoy.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

Although we're all in this to make a living, why not make something to make an impact? One day, I'll make a horror film. I think I know what the audience wants.

Cinema is a form of art, and like every other art form, cinema also needs freedom of expression.

Cinema is a creative medium. The director has the right to express.

I still go see films for entertainment, and I love them, but for me as a filmmaker, I really want to have a purpose in telling a story.

There's always this debate about how we need more good films but how many are willing to be part of such films.

All I want to do is to make movies that are appealing to people.

It's always great to do a movie that you find is entertaining, but also can give some sort of political or social message.

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.

I want to put concepts in front of people that make them laugh or smile or even hate what I do. I'm not interested in just putting clothes in stores.

I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.

You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them.

I definitely want make an impact in television. I want to make a continued and greater impact in feature films, and I want to be somebody who continues to be at the forefront of creating a wide variety of content that I could be proud of and that engages people on all levels.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.