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

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.
Roland Joffe

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.
Roland Joffe

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

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

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.
Roland Joffe

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

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 began to fascinate me.
Roland Joffe

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.
Roland Joffe

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