Joshua Oppenheimer Quotes

I think it's a great pity in the Anglophone world that we conflate cinema verite and Direct Cinema; they're, in fact, ontological opposites. In Direct Cinema, we create a fictional reality with characters and pretend we're not that.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatWorldThinkRealityCinema

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

Andrew Lo

ManagementInvestmentTeachRisk

Two people could build an outhouse in four hours. They're not complicated.

Robert Maxwell

PeopleComplicatedBuildTwo People

I'm totally crazy, I know that.

Maurice Sendak

CrazyKnowTotally

God, I love daydreaming out plane windows.

Alysia Reiner

LoveGodWindowsOutDaydreaming

I don't think I could do a superhero movie. I'm just not really that type of guy.

Tom Sturridge

ThinkSuperheroGuyJustMovieType

I am the happiest Hispanic I've ever met. Truly.

Rita Moreno

I AmHispanicHappiestMetEverAm

I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it.

Robin Thicke

LifeMusicDayWake UpExpectations

I have a little pocket Bible that I have with me all the time in my briefcase, and so usually in the mornings, sometimes on the campaign bus or plane, I always try to catch some time to do that regularly.

Mike Huckabee

TimeMeBibleSometimesTryBus

I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

Mike Leigh

TimeHeadFilmStuffImagining

I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.

Chris Bell

CompetitionProblemTryingOutBeat

The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'

Chris Pratt

FunnyWomenTeacherThinkAmerican

It's a dog eat dog world, and Mr. Perfect is a Milk Bone.

Bobby Heenan

DogWorldPerfectMilkEatBone

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