American life Quote by Bob Dylan

[The 'corporate takeover of people's lives'] also accounts for a lot of homogenization of culture. There are fast food restaurants everywhere. Every place tastes…

— Ani DiFranco

In many ways the film business is behind what's going on culturally. We are a world that is becoming more diverse and there's no…

— Rick Famuyiwa

They make documentaries like 'Fast Food Nation.' The food our kids are eating in schools, the vending machines kids go to a lot, the…

— Andre Iguodala

Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.

— Eric Schlosser

Content that's generated out of America, whether it be film or music, has, in my opinion, much greater impact in sustaining our credibility and…

— Lyor Cohen

If Hollywood is the global producer for [media] products all around the world, that's of concern. If all audiences around the world know of…

— Arthur Dong

It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.

— Roger Ebert

Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but also the…

— Wangechi Mutu

Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that…

— George Clooney

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American…

— Billy Joel

Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of this whole…

— Danny Glover

In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago,…

— Jonathan Gold