I don't want to sound disingenuous here - CONTROVERSY is OBVIOUSLY GOOD for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the DISCUSSION - in my view, a good THING.
Read MoreIn the U.K. there is still work to be DONE, particularly in schools, stopping the HOMOPHOBIC BULLIES in the PLAYGROUND and introducing unbiased DISCUSSION on gay issues in the classroom.
Read MoreWe were raised with that DISCUSSION about VIOLENCE and NON-VIOLENCE, and we all pretty much came up on the SIDE of non-violence. That became my FOUNDATION with politics and my livelihood.
Read MoreEvery SINGLE DISCUSSION I have with a first AD, or producers, is TIME of day. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've fought for early-morning calls. The light is 90 percent of our JOB; we as humans respond to light and where it is at DIFFERENT times of day and not only in positive ways.
Read MoreMore than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the FIGHT against child labour, it was not even CONSIDERED an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of LIFE in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or SOCIETY can throw this issue away.
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