Jehane Noujaim famous quotes

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Creativity #People #Hardship

As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross borders, to understand each other, to understand people's hopes and dreams, what makes them laugh and cry.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Dream #Motivation #Moving

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Love Is #People #Goal

If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Thinking #Media #Bombarded By

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#People #Challenges #Conflict

I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Cards #Stories #Credit

I'm interested in characters that are complex people.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Character #People #Complexes

It's important in any project to remain focused.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Important #Projects #Focused

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Spy #Kind #Filmmaker

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Thinking #Want #Filmmaking

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Father #Egypt #United States

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Opportunity #Principles #United States

I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite dish. You'd see them huddling around and for the first time seeing issues being debated on TV that had never been talked about before. And that is the biggest promoter of democracy you could possibly have.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Issues #People #Volunteer

There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Egypt #Volunteer #Community

Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Watches #World #Proud

Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'
-- Jehane Noujaim

#Thinking #Events #World

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.
-- Jehane Noujaim

#People #Film #I Can