A biography for Beeban Kidronhasn’t been written yet.
“The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India.”
“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.”
“Life is really hard for some people.”
“The thing that upsets me is the ubiquitous use of reward technology, which uses our evolutionary biology against us.”
“I think it is a great gift to make people laugh, and it shouldn't be underestimated.”
“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.”
“Vittorio De Sica famously made 'Bicycle Thieves'; that's the film of his everybody knows.”
“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.”
“I've lost count of the plane tickets I've had in my pocket for people's weddings and other celebrations which I've had to tear up because I was making a film. How many things like that can you miss and still be in people's lives?”
“We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.”
“We need to be much more robust consumers.”
“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.”
“My children know not to shout before Mummy has warmed herself into something human with her coffee.”
“During my 'difficult teens,' I read about worlds that were mysterious.”
“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.”
“Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.”
“We have allowed a situation to develop in which it is legal for a multibillion dollar industry to own, wholly and in perpetuity, the intimate and personal details of children.”
“When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.”
“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.”
“If we don't record our own history on the Net, it will disappear.”