33 Quotes by Jehane Noujaim

When I hear the words ‘activist filmmaking,’ I think of somebody who’s an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

I’m interested in characters that are complex people.

It’s important in any project to remain focused.

In making films, I’m constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of ‘the Other’ and a dehumanization of ‘the Other,’ and it’s very much an us-versus-them conversation.

Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, ‘Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.’