What the multitude says is so, or soon will be.
See Otis Singletary for a similar modern view
Just like multiplex theatres, the industry had become divided, making films that alienated one kind of audience or another. It was really time to come out of the niche and make something that, at a certain level, clicked with everyone. 'Wanted' did just that. It opened the gates once more.
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.
The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception.
When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.
At root, vulgar just means popular on a mass scale. It is the semantic opposite of pretentious or snobby. It is humility with a comb-over. It is Nielsen ratings and Barnum's axiom and the real bottom line. It is big, big business.
I don't feel secure as an actor. I want to do more films and get accepted by masses.
Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.
Anybody that doesn't like Netflix, that's like saying you hate Santa Claus.
What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.
If it is good enough for Prince William and Kate, why is studying art history not good enough for the masses?
For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.
And that which yesterday was the novel opinion of one man, to-day becomes the general opinion of the majority.
It really is true that when an issue becomes pop culture, it changes faster, and it's really great for the issue.
Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong… Don’t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the public’s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.
I also don't have a desire to be on the A-list. I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.