Quotes About Impact

It has more repercussion when the referee favours us than when we are harmed.

I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I understand why. He was a man who possibly did some really bad things, and he should be punished beyond a doubt. But that show, and the impact it had not just on black culture, but culture, was amazing.

Wall-to-wall coverage of the political intrigue in Washington focuses on which Capitol Hill players won the daily news cycle, with barely any reference to the communities and lives where politicians' decisions actually hit home.

I don't have an exact picture of where I aim to see myself, but I want to do something which will be an example for everyone. If anyone is giving a reference for good work, then they should think of me.

Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for these things, not our need, our want - drives us to consume way more calories than are good for us.

I realized that in every movie, there are a handful of scenes that stand out. So, if you get two of those four-five scenes, then you're set.

Fame, you know, it's like a handgun - in the wrong hands, it's dangerous.

It's hard for people to get their hands around fame, because it's heady stuff, and you have to look at it as being dangerous explosives, and you have to handle it with care.

Vellimoonga' has been a game-changer and I have handled comedy in almost all the films I did after that.

There may be a little bit of finger-pointing - there always is in a situation like this - but I think of Ebola as an act of nature. It's the biological equivalent of a tsunami, and yes, we are having trouble handling it.

The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.

The people you end up hanging out with are the people you become.

'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world.

With 'Hannibal,' I just really want people to feel something.

9/11 absolutely happened.

Balika Vadhu' is the best thing to have happened to me.

When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society.

Little things, when we're caught up and fretting about them, often appear to be big and meaningful and world-changing in the moment they are happening.

Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

Bullying happens at all ages and levels.

People who think my dad is a bully, you should probably just hang out with him for a day and see what happens.