When I was seven, I saw 'Sister Act 2,' and I fell in love with the performing aspect of music.
I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
'CSI' is a part of who I am.
It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.
Video games don't make people go nuts. I played Super Mario forever. Not once hopping on a turtle or smash my head through a brick ceiling.
Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - it doesn't bother people as much. I'm not so sure it evokes a reaction anymore.
I wanted to be a doctor, because I grew up on 'Cosby.'
First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed. I'm glad I learned through the process of theater.
Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely reflected on: Elvis Presley had the most beautiful singing voice of any human being on earth.
We learn how to kiss, or to drink, talk to our buddies-all the things that you can't really teach in social studies or history-we all learn them at the movies.
I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.
We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.
TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation.
They say TV has a tendency to diminish actors, and I think that's probably true in the long run - it wears on 'em like bad dental work - but Cheech doesn't show any of the signs of being damaged that way. And as a man, he's fantastic.
All those zany comedies have instilled a sense of pace in me.
If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
I do feel that movies and music do have the power to slightly influence a person's decision. I believe that if violence is not in a person, then the film is not going to encourage them.
I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.
The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.
Now, what of the entertainment that is available to our young people today? Are you being undermined right in your homes through your television, radio, slick magazines, and rock music records?
I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.
Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.
The focus of entertainment is taking away from what the public needs as news. I think investigative journalism will always be important and always find its way, be it on the Internet or wherever.
I grew up not watching TV and I enjoy TV but it kind of takes my brain away from me.
