Afford Quote by Ed Asner

'Star Trek' works for me because it deals with the petty issues of humankind.

— Genesis P-Orridge

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sci fi allowed us to be more true to the western than maybe even doing a literal western.

— Roberto Orci

If we can make some movies that have a positive effect on people's lives and on our culture, that's enough for me.

— Philip Anschutz

People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted…

— Anurag Kashyap

I challenge the idea that films about rich people are escapism and films about working class people are dour and sad. I find the…

— Ken Loach

I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing,…

— Maggie Grace

I look at movies, unfortunately, and I still see a lot of movies [lacking diversity].

— George Lopez

Prejudices are the props of civilization.

— Andre Gide

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we…

— Wim Wenders

It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at…

— Zoe Saldana