“It's also important that I, or [Producer] Karen Pritzker, also say that this film [ "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope"] is not going to singlehandedly solve crime and poverty, or make big changes.” ImportantBigsFilmPovertyCrimeStressSolveResilienceProducersBiologyBig Changes Author:James Redford
“The word 'resilience,' in our American culture is closely aligned with 'grit,' and that word implies a certain moral fiber that says you can survive and thrive in any adversity, because you are strong - but that message of strength is both disqualifying and problematic.” CertainCultureStrongMoralMessagesAdversityResilienceThriveAmerican CultureGritFiberMoral Fiber Author:James Redford
“Resilience is not just a complimentary individual quality, but something that is built. And you build it through a number of things in your life, part of it being social fabric.” IndividualSocialNumbersQualityBuiltResilienceFabric Author:James Redford
“Our aim in the film ['Resilience'] is to make people understand that resilience is something you can create, build or develop, rather than just having as an inherent gift organically or thinking you are a special person. That's really important.” PeopleThinkingPersonsImportantFilmSpecialAimResilienceInherent Author:James Redford
