In documentaries, you're confronted with reality; you can not manipulate or move it. — Jean-Pierre Dardenne Copy Share Image
Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered. — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
Documentaries are my favorite thing, and the more depressing, the better. — Maria Thayer Copy Share Image
There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work. — Heidi Ewing Copy Share Image
Every documentary is subjective. It's a total lie to say there are objective documentaries. — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
News makes things black and white. Documentary filmmaking should do the opposite. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
I'd rather lose the small part of the audience that is going to be insulted because a documentary shouldn't have music than… — Daniel Stamm Copy Share Image
The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating. — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I love the unexpected and I think that's why documentary is an attractive genre to me because you don't know where it's… — Seth Gordon Copy Share Image
On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm making a feature film, I wish I were filming a documentary, because making feature films is so stressful. It happens… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
It was through watching documentaries on the BBC in the late 1980s that I first became interested in art and history. — David Olusoga 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 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
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
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 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
I think when I envisioned my documentaries, what I wanted to do when I left, I had no business doing those documentaries.… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
I tried [being a mogul]. It bores me. I don't really want to produce other people's movies. Because they're either grown-up filmmakers… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
To the documentary director the appearance of things and people is only superficial. It is the meaning behind the thing and the… — Paul Rotha Copy Share Image
I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed… — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
We have two boys. After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain to our older… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm primarily an actor and only make documentaries when I see a story others have missed. — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
These people [the Christians] watched the Flintstones as if it were a documentary. — Lewis Black 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 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)
![“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)
![“There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New Orleans, or something like Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the power of the music of the civil rights movement [which he executive produced in 2009]. Or Bamako…” quote by Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/danny-glover-7902_cinema_there-are-things-that-make-me-excited-ab_273405.jpg)
![“I tried [being a mogul]. It bores me. I don't really want to produce other people's movies. Because they're either grown-up filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh or Kathryn Bigelow that didn't really need me - and I've produced both of them. It's fun to sit around with them and be collegial, but they…” quote by James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/james-cameron-2754_bores_i-tried-being-a-mogul-it-bores-me-i-don_2804140.jpg)
![“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he…” quote by Brittany Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/brittany-murphy-8811_asking_i-got-a-phone-call-from-george-miller-th_2082707.jpg)
![“These people [the Christians] watched the Flintstones as if it were a documentary.” quote by Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/lewis-black-1143_christian_these-people-the-christians-watched-the_606874.png)
