Steve Buscemi Quotes

Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S.

That's just the way the world's going - everything has to be so instantly commercial that it kills anything that's a little bit underground instantly.

I think Hollywood acts like followers of culture and is constantly seeking to follow trends.

The mainstream consumed our culture.

Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.

Why are the mainstream buzz things rarely contemporary? It doesn't happen very often. It's hard to feel culpable or implicated or even apathetic.

The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.

I had relatives who would go to Japan and bring back random stuff they bought at the airport or whatever - 'Ultraman' and 'Speed Racer,' stuff like that.

I'm not super aware of what's the coolest thing and what everybody's doing or listening to or watching at any given time.

Rock and roll has become entertainment that just says what the consumer wants to hear. There's no more edge or rebellion that sets it apart from the norm.

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

I think pop culture has always influenced society.

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

And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king.

I love how pop culture shapes a generation. The trends, fashion and events all play a key part in how we live our present lives, and will mark how we will be remembered in the future.

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.

When I look out into your faces, you know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis in each and every one of you out there.

A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's innocuous, some of it's invisible. It's there.

If Star Wars had failed, you wouldn't have 90 percent of what's out there today.

Madonna is the most famous woman on the planet and has been for a number of decades.

King of kings, that must be Elvis.

We were the chosen rejects. We chose not to be apart of the popular crowd. I mean, I can rember a lot of times the more popular people, the 'jock type' of people who were into sports, and staying clean, and brushing there teeth all the time, they always asked me if I wanted to join their little club, and i decided not to, you know, I would rather hang out with the people who didn't get picked for the baseball team, you know, who smoke cigarettes and listen to rock 'n' roll music.

I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.

American culture is kind of a universal culture, I guess. It's things Greeks grew up with, common references you can use. It's very interesting.

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal.