I don't like making didactic, pedagogical documentaries based on standard formulas of narration: I'm only interested in the ambitious French tradition of… — Damian Pettigrew Copy Share Image
Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
Dice Rules is one of the most appalling movies I have ever seen. It could not be more damaging to the career… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
There is so much investment in it of people's labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
Those of us who think about what we eat, how it's grown, those of us who care about the environmental impact of… — Anna Lappe Copy Share Image
Making an independent documentary film is so hard that usually, the usual model is that your film becomes a model for advocacy,… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
I wasn't terribly familiar. I had read some of the headlines but didn't quite understand difference between WikiLeaks...[Edward] Snowden. And then watching… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
I love these sort of documentaries, which you might turn on late on a Saturday night - like, say, 'The Alma Cogan… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these… — Wavy Gravy Copy Share Image
The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I may be wrong, but the essential illustrative nature of most documentary photography, and the worship of the object per se, in… — Aaron Siskind Copy Share Image
A lot of work was done with one of my best friends and editor, Spencer Averick, who's edited everything I've ever made… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The only award I've been nominated for is a Scottish BAFTA. A Scottish BAFTA, it's like hearing that the animals have their… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
As for documentary, it was a natural progression from my earlier career in journalism. The two media are connected, but of course… — Nancy Kates Copy Share Image
I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30… — Bahman Ghobadi Copy Share Image
You can’t be serious,” Eve said. “Guys. People get eaten in places like this. At the very least, we get locked in… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with.… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
When you see the documentary, you'll see that there were parallels. Michael and I both wanted Daniel Craig, and it was the… — Barbara Broccoli Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of music documentaries and I always love seeing what goes on behind the scenes. In kind of the new… — Israel Houghton Copy Share Image
Of course, the main reason is the change of law in the way Germany has brought Nazi war criminals to trial. The… — Marvin Hier Copy Share Image
I saw 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.' I liked it. I saw 'The Fault in Our Stars,' and I could see why young… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, "What you're looking… — Susanna White Copy Share Image
I never saw myself as a director. It's certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.[this quality] is usually produced… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
We've never had a situation where mass media has been so censored, at least in my lifetime. When I was younger, networks… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I'm myself - knowing I'm doing a documentary and speaking with the people, telling them I have a bed, that I can… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I was watching a documentary that during the Bay of Pigs crisis JFK had about two weeks before anybody reported on it.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to find another way or another shape or an allegory or something that tells us more. Even Vagabond - it… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
It's always important to understand as filmmakers that we're not making a documentary and it has to look good. It has to… — Michelle Yeoh Copy Share Image
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
["Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"] is a very hard book to translate to film because there's so much interior monologue. The… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the… — Ann Macbeth Copy Share Image
I'm not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
The reason I don't want to say anything about it is it has a strange power to take over the conversation. Just… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I'm still producing scripted features, and I am already working on a new documentary project with Norman Lear and Lara Bergthold. It… — Linda Goldstein Knowlton Copy Share Image
When I hear the word 'documentary,' I don't think certain things should be left out. You've got to keep it 100 percent… — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
One of the differences between real documentaries and reality television, besides the artificial construct of reality television, is that the people who… — Steve James Copy Share Image
![“I wasn't terribly familiar. I had read some of the headlines but didn't quite understand difference between WikiLeaks...[Edward] Snowden. And then watching the documentary, working on the film, you got to see his personal journey through this and sort of understand more about what he went through.” quote by Scott Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8fa/scott-eastwood-8417_differences_i-wasn-t-terribly-familiar-i-had-read-so_1186806.jpg)
![“When you see the documentary, you'll see that there were parallels. Michael and I both wanted Daniel Craig, and it was the same as it was for Cubby and Harry when they wanted Sean [Connery]. The studio wanted a star and wanted an American, and wanted this and that, but they determined, "No, it's…” quote by Barbara Broccoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e52/barbara-broccoli-24509_determined_when-you-see-the-documentary-you-ll-see_518502.jpg)
![“What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.[this quality] is usually produced unconsciously and even unintentionally and accidentally by the cameraman.” quote by Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bfe/walker-evans-14813_approach_what-i-believe-is-really-good-in-the-so_209744.jpg)
![“A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the best technical photographs, and as creative as any of the best fine-art photographs. [...] I don't want to just be a photo essayist; I'm more interested in single…” quote by Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8d/mary-ellen-mark-8293_art_a-good-print-is-really-essential-i-want_883422.jpg)
![“["Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"] is a very hard book to translate to film because there's so much interior monologue. The what if factor. I tried to write it cinematically and let the dialogue carry it but I forgot about the interior monologue. It's kind of hard to show what's going on in the…” quote by Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/398/hunter-s-thompson-278_book_fear-loathing-in-las-vegas-is-a-very-har_780146.jpg)
