“Louis B. Mayer came out west with $28.00, a box camera and an old lion. He built a monument to himself -- the Bank of America.” AmericaBuiltCamerasWestBoxesLionsMonumentMayer Author:Bob Hope
“I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn't mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cameras outside their door. There is no freedom of speech in America anymore. They are not living up to the constitution. There's so much fear in America and control.” PeopleKnowsMindAmericaDoorsBecomingQuietSpeechNewsConstitutionCamerasBraveThreatScaryFreedom Of SpeechEmbarrassedUpside DownPassports Author:Gillian Anderson
“This is going to sound crazy, especially in America where there is a total inflation of the word "love," but in a sense you have to love the people in front of the camera. There has to be trust between the one who is behind the camera and the people on the other side, so that they can relax. They have to feel they are safe, and that way they don't have to pretend just because they are scared.” PeopleWayFeelsAmericaSoundSidesBehindsCrazyFrontsSafeCamerasScaredRelaxInflationWords Love Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between a man and a woman will become illegal. He believes there will be a war. He believes it'll begin in schools and the Christian kids will rise up and slay the non-Christian kids. This was an on-camera interview!” MenWorldBelieveSaidWarKidsSchoolChristianAmericaSpiritualBattleCamerasInterviewsIllegalMike Author:Roger Ross Williams
“...most of the press were vultures descending on the scene for curious America aplomb. Cameras inside the coffin interviewing worms.” AmericaSceneCamerasPressesCuriousWormsCoffinsDescendingVulture Book:The Lords and The New Creatures Source: The Lords and The New Creatures
“Anybody doesn't like these pitchers don't like potry, see? Anybody don't like potry go home see television shots of big hatted cowboys being tolerated by kind horses. Robert Frank, Swiss, unobtrusive, nice, with that little camera that he raises and snaps with one hand he sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message: You got eyes.” WorldGivingKindLittlesHomeHandsBigsEyeAmericaFilmNiceTelevisionPoetMessagesShotsHorseCamerasRaisesFrankCowboyPitcherSnapsSwiss Author:Jack Kerouac
“The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried so hard to make our mark in America. To be known. Think of how important celebrity has become. We sing to get famous; expose our worst secrets to get famous; lose weight, eat bugs, even commit murder to get famous. Our young people post their deepest thoughts on public web sites. They run cameras from their bedrooms. It’s as if we are screaming Notice Me! Remember Me! Yet the notoriety barely lasts. Names quickly blur and in time are forgotten.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantHardRunningLastsAmericaRememberYoungFaithNamesLosesSecretKnownWorstWeightMarkMurderDiedCamerasForgottenCommitPostsBedroomSiteBugsRemember YouRemembers YouBlurRemember MeLose WeightNotorietyNotice MeHave A Little FaithDeepest Thoughts Book:Have a Little Faith: A True Story Source: Have a Little Faith: A True Story
“I was shocked the first time the paps got me in America - when a video camera is put in your face and you're asked questions and 15 people are walking backwards taking your picture. I was coming out of a pizza shop and had my daughter with me.” PeopleFirstsAmericaFacesMotherWalkingDaughterFirst TimeCamerasVideoShopsMy DaughterYour FaceComing OutShockedBackwardsPizzaVideo CamerasWalking Backwards Author:Stephen Moyer
“If you are a blackman in America and get stopped by the police, make sure you have a vidio camera. Don't rely on some passerby to film the beating. Rodney King was just lucky.” IfsAmericaFilmKingsLuckyPoliceCamerasRelyBoxingPasserby Author:Don King