Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them. — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
Growing up I used to watch documentaries on people like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson. I've grown up fascinated with legends and legacies. — Bugzy Malone Copy Share Image
I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
It's rare in a documentary film that you have a repetitive act. So when you do, you can shoot it in different… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
People look to cinema to spread the word and to tell these wonderful, outrageous stories or true-to-life documentaries. — Henry Golding Copy Share Image
I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator...… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
When I made the switch from strictly entertainment news to more of these natural world documentaries, it's really been all about wanting… — Ashlan Gorse Cousteau Copy Share Image
I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I'm driving down the freeway the other day, on my way to Knott's Scary Farm probably, and I hear this report on… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
It's a privilege to have the career I have, to love every day and be following my passion, the stories that interest… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I have a 22-year-old son, and when my son was born I made a decision to raise him. My husband and I… — Maryse Alberti Copy Share Image
I've been doing documentaries for about 25 years and want to continue to do that, but I love the idea of working… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker... I've gotten into some curious situations. — Jamie Wyeth Copy Share Image
If you watch a stretch of TV for a few hours, there is a good chance you'll hear me on some commercial… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of the Ken Burns documentary style, big time. I love documentaries full stop. I'm a big documentary fan.… — Phil Morris Copy Share Image
People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew. — Mark Zupan Copy Share Image
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… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
You made a point about proof. In this sort of history we do nt have proof... Yet... the incontrovertibility of the evidence… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of documentaries. I've always loved them, and I've just never had the opportunity or the time to make… — Frank Marshall Copy Share Image
I like giving music-themed gifts. I've given a couple of music documentaries to boys. Especially if they don't have the same taste… — Bella Heathcote Copy Share Image
I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true. — Bill Kurtis Copy Share Image
As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
When making documentaries, the most important thing I learned was to listen, observe gestures and facial expressions. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I like the rock documentaries that make it seem real. Some rock documentaries are meant to make the bands look larger than… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
When I have had a long day at work, I want something to watch that is funny, lighthearted and easy to get… — Amy Childs Copy Share Image
If you think that [Yale professor James] Saiers is in the greenhouse sceptics camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of… — Tom Wigley Copy Share Image
When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed. — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Maybe today I would call Fred Leuchter and there would be two or three other documentary filmmakers interested in his story simply… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about… — Paul Wesley Copy Share Image
I take care to only teach courses about fiction film. I believe that this balances and broadens my documentary work. — Arnon Goldfinger Copy Share Image