American Quote by Michelle Dean

When it comes to action, I'd say Mel Gibson and Will [Smith] were great.

— Roland Emmerich

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

— Kiran Desai

Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in…

— Allen Covert

["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling.

— Rob Lowe

There seems to be an interest in connecting the history of the past to the present and asking whether things have really changed. Films…

— Rod Lurie

Among the roles I've played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering, George Wallace…

— Bob Gunton

I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful.…

— Arnaud Desplechin

All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.

— Marcus Aurelius

I would say, when it comes to comedy, I think Matthew Broderick was great.

— Roland Emmerich

“[The USA in the '70s] The country's cinematic output was appropriately bleak, reflecting the moroseness and self-hatred that riddled the national psyche. Anti-heroes such…

— Simon Pegg

It's not about Hollywood, it's always about a good script for me.

— Hrithik Roshan

Movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century. Of their many sins, I offer as the worst their effect on the…

— Anonymous