I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is…

The thing about making a documentary in Las Vegas is there isn't much to film apart from other people making documentaries about Las Vegas.

— Clive James

Making a documentary about my hometown was always going to be the most difficult topic I had ever covered! No question.

— Stacey Dooley

Twenty to thirty years ago, who was making documentary films? Nobody. Well, relatively few people. It was an art form that had limited theatrical…

— Errol Morris

Of course, when you're making a documentary, you don't have actors, but nonetheless, there is a writing process that does take place in the…

— Rithy Panh

For someone like me, making a documentary - I don't kid myself. There's no influence at all. What I do is entertainment. I would…

— Michael Portillo

I think making a documentary gets you out and about more, with people. With stand-up, you're talking at people. With documentaries you're talking with…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

If I weren't making documentary films, I suppose I'd be teaching.

— Brian Lindstrom

Making the documentary was an extraordinary experience and it really hit home to me the quasi-religious nature of this anthropogenic global warming cause. These…

— Nick Minchin

So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don't feel particularly crippled by this. I don't want it to…

— Jenny Holzer

There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.

— Heidi Ewing

The making of the documentary is an involving and collaborative process where you go deeper unlike in movies where you just borrow someone else's…

— Javed Jaffrey

For me, the making of a documentary to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain was an intensely personal journey. I was…

— David Jason

I spoke to my father about making a documentary on him. I have been seriously contemplating that.

— Arbaaz Khan

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads…

— William Shatner

It's always important to understand as filmmakers that we're not making a documentary and it has to look good. It has to entertain, because…

— Michelle Yeoh