Author: Roland Joffe

Quotes

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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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