I'm in full support of that technique [meditation] , and what David Lynch is doing. It's very important.
James RedfordI also think there is a wisdom and strength in that generation [of our parents], in terms of getting through difficult times, and there is a stoicism in the face of challenges that I greatly admire.
James RedfordWhat my previous film 'Paper Tigers' have proven, is that it can point toward helpful tools for change.
James RedfordThrough what I have witnessed and documented, with proper interventions you can break those cycles. When I made the first film on this subject, 'Paper Tigers,' kids were going off the cliff. But then there was intervention, and they won't go off the cliff.
James RedfordThere needs to be the support and help around you, even when you may have an unhealthy home environment.
James RedfordWhen you introduce these tools into the community, they can be adopted and implemented at the local level - and the results have been powerful. We have to ask the questions, how do people survive in poverty and other challenges of traumatic childhoods? And, until we fix this underlying problems, how do we help people in the meantime?
James Redford