Roland Joffe

The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

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.

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 to get missed the first time around.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.