Beeban Kidron Quotes
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I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.
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There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.
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I want to talk about privacy, the quality of the information you receive, whether it's neutral or commercial or pointed, bringing consciousness to the lack of neutrality in the algorithms.
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Everything a teenager does, says or looks at, however transitory, contributes to an aggregated virtual self that might one day have consequences for its real-life counterpart. How many of us would keep all our relationships and reputations intact if every transgression, mistake or youthful folly was held in public view?
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We think that there is this terrible idea that the kids are digital natives... and they know what they're doing, but all the evidence says that they're hanging around going, 'Where are you, I'm here, can I post my picture?' They're not actually writing wikis; they're not actually listening to great poets live.
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I hate it when everybody thinks I'm a... what's the word, a marauding mother! It's bigger than that.
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I like the accidental nature of being in the real world.
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When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.
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Life is really hard for some people.
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When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.
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We need to be much more robust consumers.
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The Internet has crept up on us, and we need to know what it is and start looking at it. We have to decide which bits we want, which bits we don't, and how we're going to use them - and how we're going to put pressure on the people who deliver these goods to deliver what we really want.
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The thing I have come to find astonishing is that people from all political sides routinely say that the Internet has to be the model of free speech and freedom.
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I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.
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From the moment I went to Hollywood for the first time, I was accused by various people of selling out. So I feel I've done my sell-out films already. I've sold everything! I've sold every piece of soul I ever had!
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Everything serious in the world is well approached by humour. It's a powerful and often quite subversive tool. I suppose there is an argument that could be made against me for being frivolous, but I do think a laugh is a very generous thing to give.
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During my 'difficult teens,' I read about worlds that were mysterious.
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We need to work out who is paying for film; in the U.K., it is increasingly difficult to get production funds - and pre-sales demand more and more shot/cut material.
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I hope that every film I make has something to offer in the area of making people feel either vindicated or different in terms of who they are.
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Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.
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People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.
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Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.
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Cinema is arguably the 20th century's most influential art form.
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For me, trying to articulate the world to help people see it in a way they haven't seen it before is hugely important. Sometimes, you have to take something that is completely inexplicable and say, 'Look, here is the beating heart of something you must understand.'