Susan Sarandon on why movies are important

Susan Sarandon in Vito Russo’s The Celluloid Closet:

“Oh, movies are important and they’re dangerous because we’re the keepers of the dreams. You go into a little dark room and become incredibly vulnerable — on one hand all your perspectives can be challenged, you could feel something you couldn’t feel normally. It can encourage you to be the protagonist in your own life. On the other hand it can completely misshape you.”