Roland Joffe Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think that will be a lot of fun for audiences to get the same stream of consciousness that was going through my head at the time. It was very exciting to suddenly recall what I was feeling at the time.”

“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.”

“Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Even if we don't know it or aren't aware of it, politics and philosophy are really what make our up lives.”

“Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.”

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