geena davis, for example, and a bunch of women actors and directors are really trying to change the wayed on the big screen. particularly in hollywood. we now get onto the campaigning work you do. is part of your campaigning work to try and change the way that film as a business works? no. my campaigning is all about allowing people to be themselves, whatever label they put on themselves. can we really grumble when, finally, it was agreed that moonlight should be the oscar film of the year, with a strong gay storyline? that comes out of gay people, and in that case, black people, wanting to tell a story to which a person responded. —— they personally responded. that people should be given the freedom to do that. but the campaign to say, right, we must employ more openly gay actors... i don't think that will get you very far. talking about going very far, you have become very active internationally with your gay rights campaigning. i know that you have been in russia recently. i also know that you're about to go to turkey. both of these places strike me as places where you will not be we

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