“If I were able to write, I probably would. But movies have given me a ...” — Richard Attenborough Quote

“If I were able to write, I probably would. But movies have given me a part of my life where I can express feelings and bring convictions to an audience as if I could write. So I made 'Gandhi' about human relations, prejudice and the empire. In 'Cry Freedom' I expressed my horror and disgust about apartheid.”

“Pier Angeli was in the movie called Sea of Sand that Guy Green directed where this idea came up.”

“David has asked me, a number of people have asked me and said, What performance do you like best or what's the best film you've made and so on and I don't really have any hesitation that the film I'm least embarrassed by and ashamed of or uneasy about is Shadowlands.”

“I've been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I'm not going to work against my people. They've suffered enough.”

“The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.”

“Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.”