David Puttnam Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.”

“As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.”

“I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.”

“Most parliamentarians don't have a clue as regards the challenges or the opportunities the games industry faces.”

“In the U.K., the history of regulation, certainly regulation of the media, is one in which, time and again, successive governments lacked the 'bottle' to enforce the powers that were available to them.”

“Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only themselves to blame for having lost the argument for 'exceptionalism' - and with it the right to 'self-regulation.'”