Quotes from Roland Joffe

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.

Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

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

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

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

I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do!

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

I simply wanted to state that during this little slice of history, this is what happened and these were the good sides of it, these were the more dangerous sides of it, and this was the result.

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.

If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.

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