Joshua Oppenheimer Quotes

The filmmakers have a story they want to tell, and they go get the material they need for it. The film either exceeds or fails to meet up to their expectations or it's different.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExpectationsStoryGoWantMeetUp

This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well.

Joan Armatrading

MyselfTogetherDoneNowThreeWhy

Ric Flair is one of the most entertaining guys to sit down with and by entertaining I don't mean he has catchy phrases, but that he's been through so much and his experiences are so genuine I could listen to him talk all day.

John Cena

DayDownGenuineTalkListenMean

I want to build friendships. I want to come across as being a good illustration of what Jesus is like.

Robert H. Schuller

GoodWantBuildBeingComeLike

I like to dominate 100 percent. I don't want to just beat you - I want to wear you down.

Matt Harvey

YouDownWantWearBeatJust

When it comes to space, I see it as my job, I'm building infrastructure the hard way. I'm using my resources to put in place heavy lifting infrastructure so the next generation of people can have a dynamic, entrepreneurial explosion into space.

Jeff Bezos

JobSpacePeopleBuildingGeneration

There'll always be a part of me that wants to remain mysterious.

Roisin Murphy

MeMysteriousAlwaysWantsPart

America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.

Russel Honore

ControlAmericaOverEverythingGet

Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.

Jay Hernandez

ReadingYouBadFindSayWant

I love magazines. I always read 'Time,' 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist.' When I get my hair cut, French 'Vogue,' French 'Elle,' 'Paris Match' - I read them all in 10 minutes.

Janine di Giovanni

LoveTimeHairParisAlwaysCut

I hated singing, I hated being on stage; I hated being in the Cranberries. I was constantly crying. I was going insane. I wanted to be a shopkeeper, a hairdresser, anything. I was so desperate to have a reality, friends, a regular, boring life. I missed that.

Dolores O'Riordan

LifeSingingRealityFriendsBoring

I grew up in Kolkata in a traditional family. We had friends who lived in mansions just like the one in 'Oleander Girl.' Growing up, I was fascinated by the old house and the old Bengal lifestyle.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

FamilyGirlGrowing UpFriendsHouse

I just did not get on at my school. It completely failed to inspire me.

Chris Toumazou

SchoolMeInspireGetJustDid

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