Bernard-Henri Levy Quotes

The media can make or break an administration.

What matters to the press matters perforce to politicians.

In politics, you don’t have to love the press; you don’t even have to like the press, but you sure as hell have to feed the press.

One thing that is fairly undeniable about Trump - love him or loathe him - is his understanding of how to manipulate the media and to perpetuate a symbiotic relationship with the press.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

The vaster the audience, the more vulnerable the people watching the media.

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street.

I'm a performer and have managed to get my performing into the mainstream consciousness of the world, I guess.

There's not a lot of original ways to get attention in the press.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

I'm not in the business of trying to be a celebrity. I like entertaining and being in movies. I like when people leave a movie and talk about it with friends. My biggest struggle is the press... its an odd thing and something I've had to learn a lot about.

I know certain techniques, such as a press release that looks like a newscast. So you use it because you want your man to win.

In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and had remarkable success.

History is not made of up major media headlines and daily blogs and attacks.

It’s always difficult for a President to explain his policies through the filter of the media and the crises of the day.

Everyone in politics turns to the press, if only to manipulate it or deflect it.

Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.

Many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism which describes him.