"When we sit together and care about someone else’s life, not our own, for two hours, we are..."

“When we sit together and care about someone else’s life, not our own, for two hours, we are collectively practicing empathy. And if we go out into the world with the same spirit: What is YOUR story? What are YOUR challenges? We are a better society for it.”

- Natalie Portman on why excellent storytelling and filmmaking are important to the global culture.