We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions.
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We can self-censor ourselves for various reasons, but we can't live in a world where some person or some group decides what's offensive and what's not.
I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.
A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.
I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.
Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence.
In later life, we don't easily talk of fears, but instead we discuss our 'concerns.' Fear seems too primal and hysterical, but concern is polite and intellectual and nicely under control.
I try not to censor myself at all.
Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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