Quotes About Media

I didn't really go the starving-artist route. I kind of went and did massive, commercial things.

I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.

Nobody can write a good 30-second commercial.

Commercials capture your attention, that's all.

Actually I love acting in commercials and I see no shame in that.

I love commercials.

Certainly we're going to continue to see those commercials that I call 30-second drive-by shootings. And they're going to have a lot of money to do it. But we're going to combat it.

The campaign commercials don't tell you anything.

I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.

I grew up in the business since I was three years old so I've always kind of been in front of the camera and grew up in commercials and I knew that I wanted to do it no matter what, I just loved it.

One of my first commercials was for a Samsung cellphone. It was made as a mini-movie.

I think the challenge in hour television or half-hour television is that the more it's around, certainly on commercial television, the less time you have to tell stories these days, because the more commercials they're putting in.

Commercials are art, too; they're 30-second movies starring people like me. If you look down on the medium, you're never going to book. If you don't love it, do not bother. Find another job you like.

Commercials led to TV, and TV led to movies here and there.

I really don't like too much of the commercial acting in a lot of commercials.

When you're growing up you always like the commercials of the guys on the screen that you like watching.

If you could place blame on entertainment for all the crimes people commit, you'd be in court all the livelong day.

I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way into the mainstream media.

Just like navigating in the open sea, triangulating the information you collect from media with your doctor's advice and some common sense will help map a sound path to safety.

People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.

If I want to communicate with fans, usually I go on Twitter.

The entertainment industry, in particular, is all about communication and being aware of what's going on, which can take over an actor's life.

I'm in the communications business.

I'm not a communist, just a media theorist.