A Quote by Roland Joffe
Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.
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Family is anybody you sit down to a meal with - and very often, after college, your family is your friends or the people you work with.
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I do think, with any beat, it helps to establish a basic level of comfort and cordiality, especially if you plan to ask uncomfortable questions. Sitting down in person for a meal or a coffee can help that.
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Creating a meal for my friends and family, sitting together, eating, laughing and talking - that is when I am so happy. Oh my God, if you could see how much food I make - I am the original Jewish mother.
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Me sitting down for dinner with Ingmar Bergman felt like a house painter sitting down with Picasso.
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