Author: Roland Joffe

Quotes

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

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

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

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

- 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

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

Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.

Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.

- 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

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.

- Roland Joffe

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