Always Quote by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.

— Anna Paquin

All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise…

— Larry Cohen

If you have a great message but no great way to entertain, people won't want to hear it.

— Jonny Diaz

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

— Michael Landon

I never try and send messages through my feature films; it's always naturally woven in and comes through on its own, as that's the…

— Shoojit Sircar

I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can…

— Nate Silver

I think at the end of a show, you have to walk out with a message. That's my hardest struggle right now; that's what…

— Nora Dunn

I put messages out there that start with why and they talk about what I believe. They go on to demonstrate and give examples.…

— Simon Sinek

I'd rather create something that gives people a very strong reaction than create a show that someone looks at and says, 'Hmm. Fine.'

— Dan Levy

I don't like to talk about messages so much with films simply because it's a little more didactic. The reason I'm a filmmaker is…

— Jonathan Nolan

A television chat show is light entertainment, so it is trivial by its very nature. It is hardly the place to get people to…

— Terry Wogan

My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to…

— Jeffrey Skoll