I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.
You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.
I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like... in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five.
American newspapers are dying mostly because they were so dull for so long, a whole generation gave up on them.
I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
I think it's important if you're American to have a second language, and Spanish is the language to have.
'National Review' came along, in '55, at the moment when American conservatism most needed it.
In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?
Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.
For too long, Americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate in the shadows.
Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.
'The Road' was my first American film, my first film in the snow. The first of everything. So, I was jumping into it, and that was pretty grueling.
I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue.
I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.
Within two months I made the grand slam: covers of 'American Vogue', 'Italian Vogue', 'British Vogue', and 'French Vogue'.
I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about.
Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.
How about we agree upon what our common American values are, which is let's make this a true land of opportunity.
Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.
You will be my souvenir in American summer, when all I can think about are Parisian springs.
