Documentaries Quotes · Page 3

People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.

— Laura Prepon

And shooting things in a documentary style was a good way to create tension and energy without money.

— Michael Patrick Jann

I'm kind of a twisted social documentary photographer.

— Catherine Opie

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

— Brian Lindstrom

Documentary films have always been my passion, I have done documentaries.

— Shoojit Sircar

Brilliant documentaries are about so much more than their subject.

— Gemma Whelan

Well, I want to do everything in sort of a documentary style, ever since I started in the '80s.

— Gus Van Sant

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary.

— Diane Cilento

Documentary is a little like horror movies, putting a face on fear and transforming threat into fantasy, into imagery. One can handle…

— Martha Rosler

I suppose the primary intention of a documentary photographer is to document facts. My work often does this but it is not…

— Richard Billingham

I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot…

— Lasse Hallstrom

In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he…

— Alfred Hitchcock

For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film

— Adam McKay

I'm an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema…

— Pamela Yates

My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet,…

— Michael Ian Black

I feel that cinema can't change society or bring a revolution. I'm also not sure of cinema as a medium of education.…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I didn't feel physically sick. But mentally. My mind was twisting in so many ways. (...) We once saw a documentary on…

— Jay Asher

People who make documentaries have to be faithful to the facts. But when you are making a drama, a fiction based on…

— Milos Forman

The exposé, the compassion and outrage, of documentary fueled by the dedication to reform has shaded over into combinations of exoticism, tourism,…

— Martha Rosler

One of the most recent things we did [in Perceval Press] is a reissue of a fantastic documentary about Russian prison tattoo…

— Viggo Mortensen

I acknowledge Mike Leigh and Ken Loach. They are prostlytizers of English socialism preaching to the converted and telling us what we…

— Peter Greenaway

I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been…

— Ai Weiwei

I think everything can be painted because painting can change reality; but everything cannot be photographed and the photographer often comes home…

— Martine Franck

[Alex] Haley felt he could make a solid case in favor of racial integration by showing what was - to white America…

— Manning Marable

Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James…

— Alex Gibney

The documentary photographer aims his camera at the real world to record truthfulness. At the same time, he must strive for form,…

— Paul Strand

Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between…

— Mano Khalil

You know so many documentaries now are very carefully scripted before you start, and then people are sort of put in chairs…

— Nick Broomfield

When you say documentary, you have to have a sophisticated ear to receive that word. It should be documentary style, because documentary…

— Walker Evans

There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New…

— Danny Glover

I think when I envisioned my documentaries, what I wanted to do when I left, I had no business doing those documentaries.…

— Chelsea Handler

I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed…

— Brittany Murphy

It would be pretty shabby to appear flippant around a documentary that's about how much I love my fans.

— Rick Springfield

I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

— Griffin Dunne

I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries.

— Martin Parr

I do really enjoy watching documentaries because it's such an interesting foray into other people's lives.

— Ego Nwodim

I've always been weirdly interested in food documentaries.

— Lily Collins

I like documentaries; I watch the Soccer Channel; I like the Military Channel.

— Steve Jones

I watch documentaries and travel the world and see all sorts of life.

— Mya