Actors' quotes about activism and social issues

“It's always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn't make sense.”
Florence Pugh

“The #MeToo movement is insanely serious, and there's no comedy to be mined out of that.”
Joel McHale

“We all need to decide what makes it safe and secure on the Internet. It can't be anybody else's decision. We have to have a voice.”
Jimmi Simpson

“You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.”
Sally Hawkins

“Media truly has the power to create and shift culture.”
Tessa Thompson

“I've never been shocked by anything on television, except the news.”
Justin Theroux

“Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.”
Justin Theroux

“I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.”
Chris O'Donnell

“It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house.”
River Phoenix

“I had a very strong feeling about the Vietnam War, and I had a strong feeling about participating in it. The military draft was in place, I was summoned for a physical exam, and I was either going to be classified as fit for military service or make my objection to it. So I made my objection to it.”
Harrison Ford

“Kids shouldn't see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn't care.”
Linda Blair

“The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman.”
Hattie McDaniel

“ It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.”
Leo McKern

“Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.”
William Dennis Weaver

“I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.”
Garson Kanin

“My hope for the planet is my children and grandchildren.”
Joanne Woodward

“I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops.”
Stephen Lang

“When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.”
Goldie Hawn

“The foundation of all civilization is loitering.”
Jean Renoir

“Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really.”
Bo Derek

“Everybody needs to go to Mongolia just to see what it is to be a human being again.”
Milla Jovovich

“People looking at advertisements or reading their local newspapers would have had no idea that what they were reading was bought and paid for with their tax dollars.”
George Miliotis Miller

“With the added social media aspect, you can access that relationship to the fans directly and you have control of the content of what you say, your perspective, your opinions and your ideas.”
Matthew Davis

“Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion.”
Peter Coyote

“I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.”
Terrence Howard