In Judaism, the temple was the most holy site in the world. But if you extend that argument as a metaphor, and you say ‘The world is a holy place,’ and you’re treating this holy place like a money-lending psycho, then Jesus says, ‘This is hypocrisy!’ and he’d point it out and flip it over. Jeff Baena Read Quote
I remember when I was in film school. It was my second year, and some kid did – had this really over-religious symbolism; like, it said ‘John 3:16’ and had angels falling over, and it was just this insane – it wasn’t that great. Jeff Baena Read Quote
I don’t like the idea of seeing a movie and it feels comfortable because you’ve heard it before. Jeff Baena Read Quote
For us, when we think about the Middle Ages, it’s sort of this rarefied, distant time that we have no connection to, especially if you grew up in America. Jeff Baena Read Quote
For me, the whole idea of performance is not being self-aware, and then sort of just experiencing. Jeff Baena Read Quote
