43 Quotes by Roland Joffe

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

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.

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

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

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.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

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.

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

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