“It's hard to give up that amount of control. It's scary to make yourself that vulnerable. Because you might do all kinds of things that are unplanned or are unexpected that maybe don't work, and you have to trust the director to see that and work around those things. I find it really scary.” GivingKindHardMightAmountDirectorsGiving UpScaryAll KindsVulnerableUnexpectedReally Scary Author:Sarah Polley
“I feel like I've always had two selves - the part of me that makes films and the part of me that's political, and they haven't really connected that much. Alias Grace talks about things like class and immigration and women's rights, which felt really good. But especially now, there are pressing things to be said. It's a really scary time in the world. It's a very scary thing to have an American president who openly brags about assaulting women and is openly racist. This isn't a moment to be speaking in metaphors.” WorldMomentsFilmPoliticalPresidentGraceMetaphorScaryImmigrationRacistBragAmerican PresidentReally Scary Author:Sarah Polley
“AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.” WorldShouldProblemFallFoundCommunityCommonPiecesImagineShareCivilizationSolutionsInternationalRefuseScaryAidsOur WorldHivInternational CommunityReally Scary Author:Sarah Polley