Documentaries Quotes · Page 3

I love going on BBC6 and BBC7 and listening to documentaries.

— Burn Gorman

When I go to the DVD shop, I mostly buy documentaries because you learn a lot from documentaries.

— Gaspar Noe

I love every single genre from documentaries, horror, comedy, drama, '80s, classic, I have it all.

— Lydia Hearst

Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

— Jason Reitman

It's a big surprise to me that I make Radio 4 documentaries. That was never the plan.

— Tim Key

I love to watch documentaries on The History Channel and TLC.

— Nina Tassler

Music documentaries are tricky because of 'Spinal Tap.' That movie has stood the test of time.

— Fred Armisen

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

— Tig Notaro

And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival.…

— Maximilian Schell

I like independent movies, documentaries. There's not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig.

— Jeff Garlin

Everybody should have a documentary made about themselves. It's amazing what you see and what you learn.

— Bela Fleck

I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is.

— Mary Ellen Mark

I came from a very avant-garde documentary kind of film making world. I like cinema verité, documentaries. I liked non-story, non-character tone…

— George Lucas

Thhe essence of documentary filmmaking is how you manipulate the material to create an emotional impact, as opposed to just delivering information.

— Richard Ray Perez

I came from the school of cinema verite documentaries, which was: Do not manipulate reality as it was happening but create a…

— Mira Nair

People love watching medical dramas - they also love watching documentaries about the workings of the brain.

— James Nesbitt

It's impossible for one or two people to go out and shoot a narrative film; you need to have a cast, the…

— Jeremy Coon

All I’ve ever wanted to do is take stills of people, or take documentaries about people, and try to express to an…

— Roger Deakins

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

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

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

I personally can watch an eight-hour documentary on Woody Allen because I'm fascinated by him. But, an audience can't really sit through…

— Brett Ratner

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

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

I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

To the documentary director the appearance of things and people is only superficial. It is the meaning behind the thing and the…

— Paul Rotha

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

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

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

— Brittany Murphy

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

— Chelsea Handler

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

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

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

— Spike Jonze

Three of the top six documentaries of all time, grossing, are made by me.

— Michael Moore

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries."

— John Waters

I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.

— Lauren Greenfield

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

— Steve Jones

I've always been weirdly interested in food documentaries.

— Lily Collins

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

— Martin Parr