Impactful Messages Quotes

Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. Yes, it should entertain, but cinema is made to convey a message, to say something.

I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

Commercial movies have no feeling, no sensitivity. Most people tell me people won't understand films with feeling. But everyone can feel.

Even if I never registered my YouTube channel with the intention of being a role model, if I am that for somebody, I can't help it. So I need to be conscious of it and realize that influence can be used for good or bad, and just try to do my best.

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

Cinema is a reflection of society and, in most cases, has the ability to be a mirror and not just show the problems but also give solutions and help them reach a large number of people through faces and voices that matter.

Film is a medium where the audience gives you 100 per cent.

The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.

I noticed people would read these short articles I was assigned to write for our church bulletin and they would say, Boy, thats good stuff. I got letters from people around the country saying, Thats really good. And I thought, Is it really?

My fans mean everything to me - especially the sisters! When you're on 'The View' or you're doing movies and stuff, you're a little bit insulated. It means so much to me when a woman comes up to me and says, 'Sherri, you said what I feel.' That just means so much to me to know that I have that support.

In my day, the films you got were about mature people, people with some kind of weight.

I think film is the best medium to inspire people. It's a combination of image, dialogue, and music, which can make for a powerful message or a simple escape.

Cinema is not only about making people dream. It's about changing things and making people think.

As a responsible citizen and a role model to a certain section of people, I need to use every available platform to reach out to the impressionable sections of our country.

Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

Movies have an enormous power to open the mind and the heart and everything.

I'm interested in making films that make people think.

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs.

Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things.

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me.

I think the best entertainment tackles social issues in a sort of seamless way.