The trouble is its very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently. – Emma Thompson
Weve got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because thats easier. Its much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it. – Emma Thompson
I have had lots of friends whove been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. – Emma Thompson
I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death… I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. – Emma Thompson
If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what Im saying is common sense. Its very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. – Ai Weiwei