30 Quotes by Fernando Meirelles

In Kenya, the faces of the people, the colors, I wanted to bring as much of the landscape to the screen as I could, ... That's why I thought we should shoot in Kenya with a small crew - you just turn the camera around, and the real thing is happening here. If you do it big - lights, crew - you turn around and there's only crew, and it affects everything all around.

No country. is as harsh as the world.

I live in a developing country.

Is so interesting, is that when you're blindfolded and you're talking to somebody the conversation goes to places that it would never go if you could see the other person's reaction. You start talking about very intimate things. It's such an interesting experience.

I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.

The actors feel very free. The actor, he doesn't need to think about where the camera is, he just has to focus on what he's doing and forget the camera. The camera is never in the perfect position, and I think this is what keeps this feeling of reality. The frame is not perfect.

We forgot this continent for a long time - and now, finally Africa is being rediscovered.

The film deals with pharmaceutical companies using Africans as guinea-pigs,

I knew I wouldn’t have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.