Movie Quote by Roland Joffe Download Open image “Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.” — Roland Joffe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Movie Performances
I think it's more important to try and make a good film than give a good performance. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
That can be undersold, I think, the importance when you're trying to do something good is that everybody understands the director's vision, everybody believes… — Suzanne Todd Copy Share Image
I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I think with any movie, directing is more in the preparation. You just have to prepare for everything that's going to happen. — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a… — Slash Copy Share Image
Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place. — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
Film is such a director's medium; you're really in their hands in terms of the real storytelling. As an actor, you can give a… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance. — Soha Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table. — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but then the… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you do,… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own history. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you… — Jon M. Chu Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible… — Nastassja Kinski Copy Share Image
You will see a 3-D movie in a movie theater for the shared experience of it - or for a date, and so on.… — Howard Stringer Copy Share Image
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
The happy medium is television. And if you find a good suitor, you can do it for years. With movies, you roll the dice.… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
