Michael Moore Quotes

One of the powerful temptations is that of the cinema palace. The cinema has undoubtedly an enormous attraction for boys, and people are constantly cudgelling their brains how to stop it. But it is one of those things which would be very difficult to stop even if it were altogether desirable.

It's scary how effective movies can be. It's a very powerful medium that I think is sometimes abused.

I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.

I got a little tired of movies where I had to shoot people. I got to thinking about the power of film and what that power is. The power is in fact that it really can change people's minds.

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

Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of.

Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.

Our memories are convenient lies we create, cribbing images from others' experiences. We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

We're exposed to ideas everywhere. The world is full of ideas. I think that television is a pretty powerful medium in that regard.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

Well I think the media has a very powerful influence on almost anything and everything we do because the general public gets their perception of what is going on in things they don't have immediate access to from what they get through the media.

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as if people don't know what is going on.

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.

People are affected by what they see, hear. This is what matters to me the most because then our job as actors is justified.

I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.

Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present.

The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

In Russia, as well as everywhere else, the true and lasting power is that of public opinion, and of those who know how to influence it.

Those who tell the stories rule society.