Escalated Quotes

I`ve done a lot of violent movies, especially in the early days. My recent efforts, like The Bridges of Madison County (1995), weren`t too violent. In recent years I`ve done less, and, yes, I am concerned about violence in film. In `92, when I did Unforgiven (1992), which is a film that had a very anti- violence and anti-gun play - anti-romanticizing of gun play theme, I remember that Gene Hackman was concerned about it, and we both discussed the issue of too much violence in films. It`s escalated ninety times since Dirty Harry (1971) and those films were made.

We can`t let it go because it`s escalated. It`s like an epidemic right now.

Normally, someone would be referred to a supervisor if they asked to speak to one. It is escalated if that representative is unable to help.

I`ve come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It`s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child`s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized.