Quotes About Media

Entertainment is very close to religion in this country. If you buy the hype, it can be very dangerous.

Hype is scary.

I just don't believe the hype. I just don't take myself too seriously. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

I do enjoy cricket, but the game is over hyped.

The hysterical competitiveness in the media bazaar has subverted the traditional hierarchy of news.

We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake.

The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.

In an ideal world, everybody would find it easy to talk to the press... but not everybody is so excited.

In an ideal world, the 'Daily Mail' would write about what a brilliant mother I am. But it's not going to happen.

We love rom-coms, but it's getting to where we don't identify with any of the women in them.

One of the reasons why I created the podcast called the 'The Call-In' that we do through Array - because as a black artist, every time I sit down with mainstream media, I'm asked about issues of race, identity and culture. No one asked what they ask my white male counterparts, which is: 'Where do you like to put the camera?'

Mainstream media has been abandoned by many, for ideological reasons mostly, and brands need to directly engage with the end-user of information and offer opportunities for consumer- and employee-generated content.

We didn't even have a T.V. in my house until I was 13. My dad called it the 'idiot box.'

You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything.

The female characters in 'Peep Show' are not 'strong': they are idiots. As idiotic as the men.

I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.

I have a bit of a problem with 'American Idol.' Forgive me, but it's difficult for me to watch. I can't help but think of people being exploited. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying 'Glee.'

The star system, the idol, the cult of personality is not the only way to be in entertainment.

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff.

I think the only way to get attention is to act like a complete ignorant fool.

We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts.

When a black person kills a black person, the media ignores it completely.