The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.
As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents.
| James Lane Allen, Author (1849) |
| Julie Delpy, Actress (1969) |
| Chris Evert, Athlete (1954) |
| Jane Fonda, Actress (1937) |
| Walter Hagen, Athlete (1892) |
| Samuel L. Jackson, Actor (1948) |
| Hu Jintao, Statesman (1942) |
| Eric Johnston, Businessman (1896) |
| Jane Kaczmarek, Actress (1955) |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg, Producer (1950) |
| Stella Adler, Actress (1992) |
| Lion Feuchtwanger, Novelist (1958) |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author (1940) |
| Frank B. Kellogg, Politician (1937) |
| Albert King, Musician (1992) |

