Documentaries Quotes · Page 5

You can construct whatever story you want to. Documentaries are constructions, as is all journalism.

— Tim Hetherington

You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.

— Werner Herzog

Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries.

— Matthew Heineman

I watch documentaries for information. I watch films to be entertained.

— Meshell Ndegeocello

I'd like to make documentaries. Way-out documentaries. I'd like to do one on a tour of the U.S.

— Dave Clark

I'm addicted to documentaries. That's all I watch on television.

— Robert Zemeckis

You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries.

— Morgan Neville

I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries.

— A. J. Cook

Okay, 'Best Party Ever' -- to me, that's like saying 'Best Gym Ever' or 'Best Nature Documentary Ever,' like how good can…

— Lena Dunham

I like to turn on the TV and watch whatever's on. Nick Kroll does that a lot. He doesn't watch important shows.…

— John Mulaney

I've made many documentaries, but prostitution was the hardest in terms of gaining the trust of the people being filmed.

— Michael Glawogger

That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from,…

— Walter Salles

Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more.

— Gza

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.

— Matthew Gray Gubler

In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that…

— Garth Stein

I loved watching documentaries and had wanted to try making one for years - I'd just put it off as other opportunities…

— Marshall Curry

I've seen 'Endless Summer' more than any other documentary. I don't even like surfing, but I just love Bruce Brown's positivity. He's…

— John Wilson

The trend for documentaries will never go away, because everybody wants to learn about the world. The world is awful in parts,…

— Daisy Ridley

I live in New York City, and I'm making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A.,…

— Doug Liman

I don't think a novel's main donation, main gift, is the document. The document is there, but a novel goes beyond documentation.…

— Amos Oz

First of all, being a woman is an incredible asset in many ways in making documentaries. You can be less intimidating, you…

— Ondi Timoner

I love to see the rarest movies, the most talked-about movies and documentaries. I read all the reviews and compare them to…

— Theophilus London

I am a Beyonce fan. I’m gonna watch her upcoming documentary because fortunately one of the TVs in our kitchen has closed…

— Wendy Williams

I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that…

— Frederick Wiseman

For some reason at Sundance, more than other festivals that I'm aware of, you find filmmakers rushing to screen works that sometimes…

— Thom Powers

I think the Republicans and conservatives generally were alienated by America's unsuccessful effort in Vietnam, and a lot of them, as Henry…

— William J. Clinton

Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy…

— Paul Rotha

Back in 2007, I met this white guy [director Peter Byck] with a lot of hair and a video camera, at a…

— Van Jones

Former Vice President Al Gore starring in a new documentary about global warming. I believe it's called [Leno snores]. ... The film…

— Jay Leno

Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called…

— Dustin Hoffman

My wife made me watch this documentary about the Iraq War, and there was a really powerful moment where they followed some…

— Charlie Brooker

In the early 1970s, the northern hemisphere appeared to have been cooling at an alarming rate. There was frequent talk of a…

— Stephen Schneider

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.

— Barbara Kopple

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

— Michael Rapaport

I love not serious documentaries, too, but I love seeing people at their wits' end, I guess.

— Maria Thayer

Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.

— Frank Portman

Too many documentaries are intellectual exercises. I want documentaries to be alive.

— Davis Guggenheim

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion.

— Dori Berinstein

I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!

— Stewart Francis