Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Ruba Nadda

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian film director Ruba Nadda.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Ruba Nadda is a Canadian film director. She made several award-winning short films, including Lost Woman Story, Interstate Love Story, So Far Gone and Damascus Nights before writing and directing features I Always Come to You, Unsettled and Sabah. Her movie Cairo Time won the Best Canadian Feature Film award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was Best Reviewed Romance on Rotten Tomatoes for 2010. She is known for shooting feature films in very short time spans.

Canadian - Film director | Born: December 6, 1972

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I always say, I'm a woman, I can't change my sex. I can't get angry about it. I'm too busy desperately trying to get my movies made. It's hard work. There are no short cuts. If there were, I would have found them by now.

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Don't take no for an answer. Don't let yourself get pushed around, and don't be afraid to be the bad guy. Find a producer who will be there to back you up when things get difficult. Make sure you work with key crew that you trust.

Ruba Nadda

As a director I always look at someone's eyes. How truthful are they? Will this person take me on this journey?

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I want to give the audience what they want, but not at all costs. I want to leave them with something. I try to do that with every single movie I make.

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I want to give up every single day of my life, but I can't. I'm obsessed.

Ruba Nadda

Be decisive and persevere. You have to recognize that, at the end of the day, no one really cares if you make another movie. That decision falls on you. You're the leader of your own destiny and the one person who can't walk away.

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It's always about a character that I become obsessed with and who refuses to leave me alone.

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I want people to feel something in the pit of their stomach. I want my movies, especially the ending, to stay with people long after the credits have rolled.

Ruba Nadda

The secret is you need a director who refuses to walk away and you need a director willing to put their whole career behind the project.

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