Buchenwald Quote by Lorraine Hansberry

The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate,…

— Mary McCarthy

I think there's a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking place in…

— Mohsin Hamid

For some strange reason we don't go to charming, light movies anymore. People expect a movie to be heavy and turgid, like "American Beauty."…

— Pauline Kael

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the…

— John Quincy Adams

The blue collar milieu was something that I really understood and resonated with me and I thought was underrepresented in American cinema.

— Christian Bale

On every film, the clothes are half the battle in creating the character. I have a great deal of opinion about how my people…

— Meryl Streep

Some IMDB viewers complain that 'Beloved' should have been reclassifed as Horror... well, so should American history.

— Mark Fisher

Women remain dramatically under-represented as characters in film when compared to their representation in the U.S. population.

— Sharon Lawrence

I think that American audiences are more used to following one character.

— Kristen Bell

America seems much more diverse and has more exciting casting - they really take risks.

— Georgina Campbell

Women are so appallingly represented in movies.

— Olly Alexander

America is a country obsessed with appearance. It's a country obsessed with looks.

— Rush Limbaugh