Jack Antonoff Quotes

The entertainment industry has an effect on social consciousness.

Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.

It's crazy when you see very little reflection between what's played on the radio and what people are talking about in the streets. It lets you know how far off we are from a real movement.

On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able to activate a kind of echo chamber or bandwagon or cascade - they didn't particularly hit with the time. Some things are just too astonishingly good to not hit the top. Those three explanations, with respect to the Star Wars phenomenon, seem to me all to pass the plausibility test, and to explore them, with respect to Star Wars, I think casts light not just on the saga of our time, but also on everything about our culture.

Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.

I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that brings them the art.

It's just amazing to do something that's part of a pop culture phenomenon.

Being a part of 'Sex and the City' was like being at the center of the universe - it was extraordinary.

The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing.

And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture.

I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.

I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

I think television has had a vast, unbelievable impact on us.

The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives.

Artists like Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga have more sway over popular minds than a politician.

I think that 'Twilight' is so big that nothing can affect it.

There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist.

I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

I think Hollywood acts like followers of culture and is constantly seeking to follow trends.

'Looking' is more than just a television show. It's contributing to the cultural conversation, and for me, those are the most exciting projects to be a part of.

Political culture has become popular culture.

TV has always been a very strong and powerful medium for women.