Ethical Representation Quotes

The lawyers have escaped most criticism [and undeservedly so]. The tax shelters [were approved by lawyers, who got paid huge commissions to do so] and every miscreant had a high-falutin' lawyer at his side. Why don't more law firms vote with their feet and not take clients who have signs on them that say, "I'm a skunk and will be hard to handle?" I've noticed that firms that avoid trouble over long periods of time have an institutional process that tunes bad clients out. Boy, if I were running a law firm, I'd want a system like that because a lot of firms have a lot of bad clients.

The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.

I do feel I'm being respectful to Buddhism and martial arts with 'Mortal Kombat.'

One vote, one act or one person can change the course of history. I also thought of the lawyers who daily and tirelessly labor in the vineyards of justice - men and women who represent their clients with integrity, ethics and professionalism, and who think nothing of it as that is what lawyers do. Yet, often these individuals are the very people who change the world.

I think that when you're making a story... that's based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research.

Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality and beliefs.

The push and pull of representing your world responsibly and your artistic license is a tricky balance.

If I can convince people that good people don't do attack ads, and that we want good people to represent us, then the attack ads work against themselves.

It's our job to just do as much as we can to enlighten the people about it and to represent it by playing it with some integrity. That's what I try to do.

I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel is proper.

My concern has always been that people who I portray, or the professions that I portray, are not embarrassed by my portrayal of them.

I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It's a challenge to make goodness appealing.