America Quote by Fiona Shaw

I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.

— Eriq La Salle

I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.

— Elmer Bernstein

The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people.

— Ben Hecht

Everybody's been decrying the death of movie theaters for decades and, you know, people are still going to the movies in droves. It's gone…

— Denise Di Novi

But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big…

— Alexander Payne

What I dislike about movie culture is that it often presents a parable of our problems - but the issues are all straightforward and…

— Julian Fellowes

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

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

— Roland Emmerich

Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more misinformation in one evening…

— Ben Hecht

The way America appreciates cinema is different from anywhere in the world. It's celebrated and supported. I don't just mean by the individuals, but…

— Jack O'Connell

I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.

— Ira Sachs

You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people…

— Yahoo Serious