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If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. ”
My interest in Women in Film came from attending the Crystal Awards in 1998 where Meryl Streep and producers Gale Anne Hurd and Lucy Fisher were honored with the annual award. ”
You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge - not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks. ”
When my father died, I was living in England. It was very traumatic that he died when I was away. ”
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances. ”
Creating a Financial Transactions Tax would go a long way to curbing short-term speculative trading, including high-frequency trading. ”
Disproportionate corporate power over governments is giving license to the greed that denies workers even minimum living wages. It is also seemingly a license to allow the sheer brutality of treatment of working people at the base of the supply chains. ”
We may be living in a world of disposable electronics, but working people are not disposable commodities. ”
Limiting the destructive risk-taking by large financial firms and banks which are 'too big to fail' is needed. ”
When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will increase demand and help overcome the twin challenges of ageing populations and economic stagnation. ”