“About 20 blocks away is another America entirely. It’s astonishing how little we have to do with each other, and yet we are living in such proximity.”
Stonehenge Remodeled Just In Time For Winter Solstice
“There has been a growth in Druid orders and in the number of people interested in pagan festivals.
Could We Get Some Actual Women Onscreen, Please?
“Women rarely appear as women – they appear as sex objects or as ersatz men – sometimes both at once.”
Sam Shepard On Why He Writes
“I couldn’t do anything else but drive a tractor. I felt like this is the only thing I had. … I don’t do it to get a message across. I’m writing just because there are certain kinds of raw material. The material may be very strange, but it takes shape in the course of writing. Whether that has a message or not is not my concern.”
Yes, It’s A Challenge To Play A Controversial Leader While That Leader Is Still Alive
“Naomie Harris’s task has been to treat [Winnie Mandela’s] transition from innocent young woman to violent demagogue sympathetically – or at least with understanding.” The Observer (UK) 11/30/13
Hollywood By The Numbers: Still So Intensely Sexist
“The film industry doesn’t exist in a bubble. It’s part of a larger society that tends to have biases and prejudices.”
If The Bradford Council Sells Some Art, It Will Lose David Hockney
“Hockney has said he is on the verge of ‘giving up’ on his birthplace over the sale, which would include some of his own paintings.”
Cate Blanchett Never Really Wanted To Be An Actor
“But I kept doing it, trying not to do it, and then doing it. There’s such a blessed unrest that you feel all the time, but maybe that’s what keeps you going.”