Author: Roland Joffe

Quotes

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.

- Roland Joffe

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

- Roland Joffe

It's hard to blame someone because they simply don't have time.

It's hard to blame someone because they simply don't have time.

- Roland Joffe

I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.

I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.

- Roland Joffe

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

- Roland Joffe

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

- Roland Joffe

The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

- Roland Joffe

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

- Roland Joffe

I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own history.

I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own history.

- Roland Joffe

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