Quotes About Influence

You either have commercial pressure or ideological pressure. I prefer commercial pressure; otherwise, you can be at the mercy of one or two idiots.

I didn't mind going to any length to make people believe that a puny hero had me at his mercy.

It wasn't until I saw 'Rocky' that I realized movies could affect people beyond mere entertainment.

I love Madhuri Dixit, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Sandra Bullock.

I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie.

As for people I would love to work with, Meryl Streep, of course! She's my favorite.

'The Iron Lady' is not a biopic. Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep coined it 'King Lear for girls.'

For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.

I wish I could be as commanding as Meryl Streep.

Don't mess with Sergio Marchionne.

Number One, if there is no America, then the world will be a complete mess.

The Russians are clearly a big adversary, and they demonstrated it by trying to mess around in our election.

High school relationships will mess you up.

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.

The message I'm trying to send is that technology is political, and that many decisions that look like decisions about technology actually are not at all about technology - they are about politics, and they need to be scrutinized as closely as we would scrutinize decisions about politics.

I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.

Our message to the Russians is stay out of the U.S. elections.

I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

Message matters. Message matters almost as much as actions.

You need money to get out your message.

You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.

When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies.

States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.