Joshua Oppenheimer Quotes

I see myself as an explorer more than a storyteller. A great storyteller, in control of her craft, must be the same person when she finishes telling a story as she was at the start. But I want to be transformed by my filmmaking, by the journey I take.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 23, 1974

Topics

JourneyGreatMyselfControlStart

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.

Joan Miro

ColorsProcessDetailsAliveNow

It's easiest for me to be blonde because I'm naturally blonde; my roots are light enough that all I have to do is just highlight my hair every few months.

Jennifer Morrison

LightMeRootsHairBlondeEnough

I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well.

John Lasseter

MeBelieveBetterI BelieveWell

Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.

Max Azria

LiveDayThinkingGoPossibleSize

The way the music comes to you starts to affect how you listen to music. When you're a kid, it's 'Does it rock? Does it make me feel good? Does it make me tap my feet? Does it make me go to sleep?'

Michael Franti

GoodMusicSleepMeFeel GoodFeet

Persuading employees to let go of old values and beliefs and adopt new ones can be challenging.

Steve Blank

EmployeesValuesGoNewOldLet Go

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

Stella McCartney

GoodHopeMeFeel GoodClothesYou

Henry Miller is a famous writer whose work has fallen out of fashion, but I strongly recommend that readers who don't know his work pick up a book and experience this writer's zealous, crazy, inventive, funny, sexy, often delirious prose.

Siri Hustvedt

WorkFunnyExperienceCrazyFashion

The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.

Tom Wolfe

WorkThreeLettersNewspaperAsking

Why are we so terrified of a natural process that allows for life to be brought into this world? Why do we scramble to hide our tampons when we pull them out of our purses?

Rupi Kaur

LifeWorldProcessHideWhyOut

I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.

Louis Farrakhan

PastTiredThinkWillMassesThing

'The Act of Killing' helped catalyze this basic transformation in how the media talks about the past.

Joshua Oppenheimer

PastTransformationMediaActBasic

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