“This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world. Dissent is not only your right, it's your duty.” WorldTryingCountryFeelingsDutyFaultsActivismChanging The WorldPatriotismDissent Author:Susan Sarandon
“I think you have to ask yourself, what is the point of the script? What is the script selling? Because all scripts are political, every story is political. It either challenges or reinforces some schism or stereotype. So what is the project going to say at the end of the day? What does it tell you about the world, or what does it challenge in terms of your world?” ThinkingWorldDoeEndsStoriesPoliticalAsksTermChallengesProjectsScriptsSellingThe End Of The DayStereotypeSchism Author:Susan Sarandon
“When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.” WorldWholeImaginationKindnessPowerEmpathyWhole WorldUp To YouEmpatheticCompassion And EmpathyNo Empathy Author:Susan Sarandon
“Children reinvent your world for you.” WorldChildrenBabyMy BabyHaving ChildrenHaving A BabyBaby GirlBaby BoyReinventingNew Baby BoyMy Baby Boy Author:Susan Sarandon
“To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.” KnowsWorldWayLooksProblemDifferencesSimpleLimitsBiggerHelping OthersMaking A DifferenceVolunteerSimple WaysWorld ProblemsYou Can Make A Difference Author:Susan Sarandon
“It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements.” PeopleWorldKindImportantDifferentTogetherGrowing UpFiveGrowingMovementAll KindsThirtyDifferent Worlds Author:Susan Sarandon
“If you can just see all the children of the world as your own, all the mothers of the world as you are, we can make a huge difference.” IfsWorldChildrenMotherDifferencesHugeDiversityBrotherhood Author:Susan Sarandon
“When my children wake up in the morning they know they will eat breakfast, get hugs from their parents, go to a good, safe school. Plates are full and store windows are glittering. But at the same time the great majority of the world's children and women stand - no - shiver on the precipice” KnowsWorldChildrenSchoolParentMorningSafeWindowWake UpMajorityStoresMy ChildrenBreakfastHugPlatesShiverPrecipice Author:Susan Sarandon
“Certainly, if more people were smoking instead of drinking, people don’t get mean on weed, don’t beat up their wives on weed, and don’t drive crazy on weed. They just get hungry, don’t go out of the house, or laugh a lot. I think it would make for a much more gentle world.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldMeanHouseLaughingWifeCrazyBeatsDrinkingHungryGentleSmokingWeed Author:Susan Sarandon
“I hope they're present in their lives and feel some kind of empathy. I think a lot of the mistakes that have been made in the world have been through a lack of empathy. If you can identify with someone else and empathise with someone else, then activism is a short step away, she explained in an interview with Parade.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsKindHas BeensMadeMistakeStepsEmpathyActivismInterviewsParadesLack Of Empathy Author:Susan Sarandon