In the film industry, all the money is focused on…

I'd rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity…

— Gerard Depardieu

The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.

— Jonathan Gruber

Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda like squeezing a lemon.

— Jonathan Gruber

There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public.

— Gore Vidal

The big French movie distributors are the Trojan horse of the American cinema.

— Jean-Paul Belmondo

I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

— Alexander Payne

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But…

— Alexander Payne

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.

— Tatum O'Neal

When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a…

— Michael Haneke

The main difference I'd say is that European cinema has always used less music than American cinema for historical reasons.

— Alexandre Desplat

Boxing is a big part of American cinema.

— Justin Lin

It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able to follow…

— Asghar Farhadi

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of…

— Manuel Puig

I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived.

— Agnes Varda