I feel like I need just to keep trying to make the work for the right reasons. I think part of that is working with really good people, and just trying to make strong truthful work. And not being diverted from that.
Cate ShortlandI'm a really judgmental person, and it just dumbs everything down. It doesn't create any room for interrogation or investigation.
Cate ShortlandIt's so easy to say "evil Nazi monsters," but as soon as we do that, we take away the fact that it was individuals committing individual acts of murder. They had children, and what does that do? As soon as you generalize, they become monsters. It doesn't allow you to understand it in any kind of sophisticated way.
Cate ShortlandTry and withhold your judgment, because as soon as you think you know something, you're shutting down.
Cate Shortland