Docs, in general, are made in the edit bay, archival docs even more so. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see… — Morgan Neville Cinema Copy Share Image
Being a backup singer means being able to sing on a dime. Music is oozing out of their every pore. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like I have a chance to just tell the stories I want to… — Morgan Neville Chance Copy Share Image
The problem with a lot of narrative films is that they're not real enough. — Morgan Neville Cinema Copy Share Image
If we can't agree on objective truth, then how are we ever going to agree on opinions? — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
The first night I met Yo-Yo Ma, I found him the most charming person I had ever met, and I was willing… — Morgan Neville Camera Copy Share Image
Space is something which makes us question our role here on Earth. It brings out the best of our hopes and dreams. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
To be a backup singer, you have to walk into any situation and just be perfect from the first take to the… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have our perfect foils, or you can call them their bete noir: the person who brings out both the best… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm in a privileged position where I get to meet people and talk to them about the most important… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
A lot of backup singers are really shy and don't want their life documented. They're not pining to be celebrity. They've had… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
Vidal was a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, a screenwriter, and many other things. Buckley started a magazine, hosted a TV show,… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains.… — Morgan Neville Actors Copy Share Image
Like the ancient Silk Road itself, 'The Sound of Silk' will make the foreign familiar while challenging long-held notions of identity and… — Morgan Neville Identity Copy Share Image
Buckley and Vidal were both stand-ins for what was happening on the streets of Chicago and the streets of America. I mean,… — Morgan Neville America Copy Share Image
In the late 1960s, English artists like the Rolling Stones and Joe Cocker began recording in the States, and at that point,… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
When you come to documentaries, the stakes are too low for it to be cutthroat. You're all doing it for the right… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
There are a handful of music docs I'd love to do, including David Bowie. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
If the Olympic Spirit is about overcoming every hurdle and accepting no limits, then I think Samsung is a great ambassador for… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I feel like there's a lot of sympathy and camaraderie among documentary filmmakers. — Morgan Neville Camaraderie Copy Share Image
You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries. — Morgan Neville Documentaries Copy Share Image
I would argue that the culture is not the frosting on the cake: the culture is the plate the cake sits on. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
The best music films are not about music... Music is just the language we're speaking to tell a story about culture. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries. — Morgan Neville Documentaries Copy Share Image
I feel like - like Netflix is great if you've got a project ready to launch itself into the world rapidly. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
Now, you watch cable news, and you know what everybody's going to say before they open their mouth. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
If I told my 14-year-old self that I'd be hanging out with Keith Richards talking about records, my head would've exploded. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I've produced two docs for Cameron Crowe, and I've always loved him as a filmmaker. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I love documentaries. I love the format. I've been doing them for a long time. — Morgan Neville Documentaries Copy Share Image
I never got into making documentaries for any kind of success, because documentary careers are generally ones of prolonged failures. — Morgan Neville Documentary Copy Share Image
TV tends to laud the person with the perfect one-liner rather than the one with the better idea. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
How often do we make films just celebrating people that do a good job, work altruistically, and are in it just for… — Morgan Neville Business Copy Share Image
You tend to put your rock stars on pedestals - they seem like they've been there for time immemorial. But you realize… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
I feel like there's a randomness in real life that too many Hollywood movies just shave off. It feels too intentional, and… — Morgan Neville Hollywood movies Copy Share Image
One of the challenges was to make a cinematic movie about literally talking heads and to try to make it feel like… — Morgan Neville Challenges Copy Share Image
