Finn Jones Quotes

It can't change anything immediately, but films can absolutely be catalysts for conversation.

Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power of it - I know that it starts people thinking about how to change the world.

We can't deny that films have a bigger reach. After the popularity of the 'Slumdog Millionaire,' a lot of people started reading Vikas Swarup's 'Q & A'. From a business sense, films are a good tool to increase the number of readers.

Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.

The big thrillers may make people aware of the violence in the society, and I guess that serves a purpose.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have a story, you need a social problem. Not necessarily a problem, but something to get the idea for a story, otherwise there's no story.

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.

I do think we have a responsibility to be aware of the stories we're telling and how those stories will be interpreted and what sorts of value systems we're celebrating.

One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.'

I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness: a relevance to what's happening in our world.

At this point, in 2008, if you put out a book, a movie, or write a verse, paint a painting, it should have some sort of social value.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.

Fiction is socially meaningful.

Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in.

TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives.

If you have the ability and the wherewithal to create work that's basically in a discussion with the culture we're in, how could you not want to do that?

Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of 'The Simpsons.' This was the late eighties, and there was a wave of articles about TV shows that were bad for America. Then we all started watching it and loved it.

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.'