“My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.” DifferentNamesViewsPartyOpinionShareMusicianChinaConcertsBanned Author:Ai Weiwei
“All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.” ShowsChinaTheatreCensored Author:Ai Weiwei
“Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.” ArtModernFeaturesMuseumsModern ArtBeijing Author:Ai Weiwei
“The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.” LyingCultureFrontsEmptyFakeSuperficial Author:Ai Weiwei
“China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.” IdeasLastsCulturePartyEffortFailingSurvivalResourcesChinaLifelines Author:Ai Weiwei
“When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions that had been happening all over the world, and how computers and the internet had helped those movements. He encouraged me to read a book about Anonymous, the hacker group called "white hat" hackers, meaning they're driven by ideology and social disruption as opposed to just greed.” WorldWritingBookIdeasStoriesSocialWhiteGroupsMovementRevolutionInternetComputerHappeningsGreedDrivenIdeologyHatsDisruptionHackersSocial Movements Author:Julia Stiles
“I was happy when I read the script [The Bourne Ultimatum ] - the first version they sent me - to see that before, there's some humanity too.” FirstsHumanityScriptsVersionsBourneUltimatum Author:Julia Stiles
“It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It's very subtle - it's actually without dialogue. I do think it's powerful even without words.” ThinkingPowerfulNiceDialogueSubtleBourneUltimatum Author:Julia Stiles
“The thing with the Bourne movies is that they're so big in scope and the production value is so high and it takes so much organization.” BigsValuesOrganizationProductionsScopeBourne Author:Julia Stiles
“I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer.” ThinkingCertainOpportunityReturnOffersExperimentsVarietyDiminishing Returns Author:Julia Stiles
