A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to… — Mark Rydell Copy Share Image
Immigration is not an issue that I read about in the newspaper or watch a documentary on PBS or CNN. It's an… — Marco Rubio 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
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
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
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
There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to.… — George Hickenlooper 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
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
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
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
There is a wonderful documentary called 'A Room to Breathe,' where a school brought in a TM instructor, to try and establish… — James Redford 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'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 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
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
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
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
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
The biggest misconception is that I'm only a documentary filmmaker, but in fact I have made many narrative shorts. My biggest inspirations… — Alex Hammond Copy Share Image
This consists of a series of meetings that may last several days through which information is provided that may include reviewing documentaries,… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
The main reason why I'm a documentary filmmaker is the power of the medium. The most powerful films I've seen have been… — Richard Ray Perez Copy Share Image
I watched a TV documentary about how animals are farmed, killed and prepared for us to eat. I saw all those cows… — David Haye Copy Share Image
With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
You could make a feature about the world of tickling. You could include female ticklers and you could find out why people… — David Farrier Copy Share Image
Research states that we have a two-week window to act after being inspired by an experience, before the brain is compelled to… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even… — Gus Van Sant 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
I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. [The Root's chairman] Henry Louis Gates… — Jurnee Smollett Copy Share Image
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Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this way every prediction made by… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of… — Jorge Amado 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 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/i/398/hunter-s-thompson-278_book_fear-loathing-in-las-vegas-is-a-very-har_780146.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/i/d8d/mary-ellen-mark-8293_art_a-good-print-is-really-essential-i-want_883422.png)
![“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/i/bfe/walker-evans-14813_approach_what-i-believe-is-really-good-in-the-so_209744.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/i/e52/barbara-broccoli-24509_bond_when-you-see-the-documentary-you-ll-see_518502.png)
![“I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. [The Root's chairman] Henry Louis Gates has an amazing documentary called Many Rivers to Cross - really, his whole writings; he's such a wealth of knowledge.” quote by Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/jurnee-smollett-33553_book_i-read-slave-narratives-books-like-bullw_928537.jpg)
