Watkin Tudor Jones Quotes

Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.

I don't have any interest in filmmakers making statements just for the sake of being provocative.

People will love or hate 'Satta' and 'Stumped.' But they cannot ignore them.

I'm happy Lootera has sparked off a discussion.

I haven't been in the film world long enough to really understand the gravity of 'Big Hero's' success. I'm just happy that it is translating well internationally and that the story and the characters are loved by audiences around the world, and everything that's come after that has been secondary to the initial response.

I still don't get stopped about anything else anywhere near as much as 'Skins.' The remarkable thing that I've noticed is how far that show has traveled: it's aired all over the world.

The Howard Stern Show is a big hit because it entertains dumb and smart people at the same time for different reasons.

People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.

I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.

I'm an entertainer. Not a journalist or spokesman for anybody. Truth is, a lot of my listeners absolutely hate what I have to say.

I find reality television to be so delectable.

The picture has made its million back in four months; I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, literally, begging me in my next production not to swing over the shallow trash of mother love, father love, sister love, brother love.

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing.

Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

I think the first album cover was considered most provocative. I think that contributed a great deal.

I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got a heart, so I think it's pretty safe.

I think people have this sort of idea that 'Sex and the City' was this overnight sensation, and that can't be farther from the truth.

As an actor, you want new challenges. U.S. TV can be very formulaic. So when something gets a reaction, as 'The Slap' has, that's great. The sense I get is that it's not about me or my performance. More than anything it's the subject matter that people are focused on.'

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.

People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.'

The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that moment.

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.