“There are committed Indonesian filmmakers who are committed supporters...” — Joshua Oppenheimer Quote

“There are committed Indonesian filmmakers who are committed supporters of 'The Act Of Killing.'”

“'The Act of Killing' helped catalyze this basic transformation in how the media talks about the past.”

“I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing questions.”

“Deep down, I'm a small-town girl who has it drilled in her DNA to grow up, marry, have kids, settle down. Maybe I will knock the same theory in my kids' heads, too. I'm also liberal, a political enthusiast, a bookworm, and the least bit ambitious to pull off a soap drama queen act.”

“In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.”

“No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.”