Quotes About Culture

The word 'gratitude' is not part of the Hollywood dictionary.

I don't think they're gratuitous with the nudity on 'Game of Thrones.' It's very much part of the world. There's a lot of it, but that's the world they come from. It never is there to distract from the scene or the actors or story.

Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes.

New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.

People gravitate to what they believe to be popular... Technology is enabling even more of that.

We humans gravitate to people who share our culture because it's easier... the problem is that self-segregation is not just bad, it is dangerous.

Hip-hop was born of people who did not have a voice. They were not heard. And those people exist and are a part of a framework of life... as long as that's true, people will gravitate to hip-hop.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Movies have a way of distilling moments in our culture, and 'Gravity' may be the defining film for the lost-in-space year of 2013: Nothing works.

I was brought up on animal grease.

I've loved boxing due to the history of boxing. It was one of the great American pastimes.

I don't know what it is to feel very British, but I feel that it's home, so I'm very happy to represent Great Britain.

Atlanta's a great city to cultivate your own thing - from fashion to music to food.

I love London. I came here to discover something different. It's a great city; I like how people think here.

Chicago is a great city.

I like culture. So D.C. is a great city for me.

Ethiopia is such a great country, beautiful place.

People forget how great country music is, and we haven't.

It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger.

Things are more complex today, and I think humor has changed a a great deal. People are more sensitive today.

I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country.

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

The United States is a great, great country, but it's not the only country, and we can learn a great deal beyond our own shores.

It matters a great deal that I come from a Jewish background.