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30 quotes by Roland Joffe

Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is an English-French film director who is known for his Oscar nominated movies, The Killing Fields and The Mission. He began his career in television. His early television credits included episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today.
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Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

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

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I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

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I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

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In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

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They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension... →

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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... →

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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... →

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If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you... →

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

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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... →

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

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Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?

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