Bashir Quotes

I trusted Martin Bashir to come into my life and that of my family because I wanted the truth to be told. Martin Bashir persuaded me to trust him that his would be an honest and fair portrayal of my life and told me that he was the man that turned Diana`s life around. I am surprised that a professional journalist would compromise his integrity by deceiving me in this way. Today I feel more betrayed than perhaps ever before; that someone, who had got to know my children, my staff and me, whom I let into my heart and told the truth, could then sacrifice the trust I placed in him and produce this terrible and unfair programme. Everyone who knows me will know the truth which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child. I also want to thank my fans around the world for the overwhelming number of messages of support that I have received, particularly from Great Britain, where people have e-mailed me and said how appalled they were by the Bashir film. Their love and support has touched me greatly.

If he hadn`t done that interview with Bashir, he wouldn`t be there now. That was the first time he ever did an interview like that. He was afraid of something like that all along. And it happened.

"For the time being, I`m not leaving the United States, but in recent years there`s been an emergence of the Israeli voice in art after years of attempts to imitate the American and British method. Not only is it interesting, it`s the only way it will be successful, because Los Angeles draws talent from other places in the world. In this sense, Israel is more intriguing than Los Angeles. Movies like `Beaufort` and `Waltz with Bashir` have a language that`s unique to the place they come from, and I`m certain that if the filmmakers so desire, they`ll get offers from Los Angeles."