Author: Sarah Gavron

Quotes

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

- Sarah Gavron

Women in Film and Television is such an important body.

Women in Film and Television is such an important body.

- Sarah Gavron

As a teenager, I was really interested in drama and art. I did painting and drawing. I did some acting and loved theater.

As a teenager, I was really interested in drama and art. I did painting and drawing. I did some acting and loved theater.

- Sarah Gavron

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

- Sarah Gavron

Having the vote is just symbolic. There are still many issues on which women don't have any right and, in many countries, where women are given very very few rights.

Having the vote is just symbolic. There are still many issues on which women don't have any right and, in many countries, where women are given very very few rights.

- Sarah Gavron

The late Victorian Era brought in part-time education. Not everybody went to school, but they were supposed to have a decent level of schooling; they went part-time after 12.

The late Victorian Era brought in part-time education. Not everybody went to school, but they were supposed to have a decent level of schooling; they went part-time after 12.

- Sarah Gavron

I suppose 'This Little Life' and 'Brick Lane' both have things in common in that they have a female protagonist very much at the centre of the story, and they're subjectively told.

I suppose 'This Little Life' and 'Brick Lane' both have things in common in that they have a female protagonist very much at the centre of the story, and they're subjectively told.

- Sarah Gavron

It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody.

It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody.

- Sarah Gavron

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world.

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world.

- Sarah Gavron

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