I Think Tom Paine Is One Of

And There Are Certain Things, And They Are Evident, Obviously, Without Being Boring About It, But I Mean Obviously, The Two Evident And Easy Ones Being Gandhi And Cry Freedom, There Are Things Which I Do Care About Very Much And Which I Would Like To Stand Up And Be Counted.

And That Is How I Employ My Time In Cinema, Saying Things About People Who I Think Have Touched Us In Terms Of Our Value Judgement And By Example.

I Prefer Fact To Fiction.

When Asked What Attribute He Most Admired In Human Nature, Mahatma Gandhi Replied, Simply And Immediately, 'courage'. 'nonviolence', He Said, 'is Not To Be Used Ever As The Shield Of The Coward. It Is The Weapon Of The Brave.

Well, You Cannot Think Of Cinema Now, And You Cannot Think Of Cinema In The Uk And Not Place Chaplin In The Most Extraordinary Elevated Context, If There Can Be Such A Thing, In That He Was A Genius, He Was Unique.