"When you look at our world, the truth is that we’re all under the influence of politics." ― Roland Joffe Topic(s): Politics More From Roland Joffe "I’m not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I’m really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public." "I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know." "Even if we don’t know it or aren’t aware of it, politics and philosophy are really what make our up lives." More In Politics "Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many."― James McGreevey "Regardless of Bill Clinton’s politics or personal life, he grew up in obscurity and was elected to the presidency – twice. Don’t take that away from him, because then you take it away from every other kid in America sitting out there in a school bus with a big dream."― Mike Huckabee "I was in elective politics for 24 years. I’ve made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I’m enjoying them."― Al Gore