At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any other art form in popular culture struggles to compete with.
David PuttnamWithout any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century.
David PuttnamMy belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down.
David PuttnamWhat is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.
David Puttnam