--- title: "4 Documentary Quotes By Christopher Guest" description: "4 Documentary quotes by Christopher Guest. Plus more from Christopher Guest and more Documentary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/christopher-guest-4803_documentary_i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-docume_882571.jpg" --- > [I don't know if I'd mastered that documentary format, but I wanted to move on from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-documentary-format-but-i-wanted-to/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/christopher-guest-4803_documentary_i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-docume_882571.jpg) > [I love documentaries. My problem is when the filmmaker becomes the star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-love-documentaries-my-problem-is-when-the-filmmaker-becomes-the-star/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/christopher-guest-4803_becomes_i-love-documentaries-my-problem-is-when_948247.jpg) > [With a documentary, you can cut away, you can do jump cuts, cut to a photograph at any point to bridge two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/with-a-documentary-you-can-cut-away-you-can-do-jump-cuts-cut-to-a/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/christopher-guest-4803_bridge_with-a-documentary-you-can-cut-away-you_1866681.jpg) > ['This is Spinal Tap' was a film we felt really had to be done like that. It wouldn't have worked any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/this-is-spinal-tap-was-a-film-we-felt-really-had-to-be-done-like-that/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6de/christopher-guest-4803_cinema_this-is-spinal-tap-was-a-film-we-felt-re_2928897.jpg) ## Other authors on Documentary - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-errol-morris-33914.jpg) Errol Morris 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/errol-morris/) - [Kevin Macdonald 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/kevin-macdonald/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abhijeet-8930.jpg) Morgan Neville 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/morgan-neville/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-debra-granik-4495.jpg) Debra Granik 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/debra-granik/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-greene-79797.jpg) Robert Greene 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/robert-greene/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-wilson-52521.jpg) John Wilson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/john-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-roger-ross-williams-5118.jpg) Roger Ross Williams 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/roger-ross-williams/) - [Rithy Panh 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/rithy-panh/) - [RaMell Ross 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/ramell-ross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-turing-10403.jpg) Jonathan Demme 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/jonathan-demme/) - [Brian Lindstrom 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/brian-lindstrom/) ## More by Christopher Guest > [The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I do, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/the-main-thing-that-s-important-to-me-is-getting-to-do-whatever/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting. And apparently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/my-passion-is-more-specific-in-the-sense-that-i-ve-always-liked-doing/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [People ask me, 'What's your next film?' And I never know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/people-ask-me-what-s-your-next-film-and-i-never-know/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/in-waiting-for-guffman-the-character-i-played-the-corky-character-he/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/they-sell-these-golf-aids-that-attach-to-your-knee-and-your-head-and/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [Music means a great deal to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/music-means-a-great-deal-to-me/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [It's infrequent that that happens - great performances and magical cinematography and great direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/it-s-infrequent-that-that-happens-great-performances-and-magical/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-rarely-joke-unless-i-m-in-front-of-a-camera-it-s-not-what-i-am-in/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [We all know many people who have been through this reality, and how it changes them. This happens to be an area I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/we-all-know-many-people-who-have-been-through-this-reality-and-how-it/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [I'm fascinated by real-time behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-m-fascinated-by-real-time-behavior/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/people-who-take-themselves-too-seriously-who-can-t-see-anything-else/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/many-times-i-ll-improvise-it-which-isn-t-done-a-lot-in-movies-or/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > ['Waiting For Guffman' was different right away from 'Spinal Tap,' because we didn't show the interviewer. That person became invisible immediately. That created a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/waiting-for-guffman-was-different-right-away-from-spinal-tap-because/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [If you're deluded, you live in a place where there isn't everyone else's reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/if-you-re-deluded-you-live-in-a-place-where-there-isn-t-everyone-else/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) > [I myself delve into very arcane things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-myself-delve-into-very-arcane-things/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/christopher-guest/#itemlist", "name": "4 Documentary Quotes By Christopher Guest", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know if I'd mastered that documentary format, but I wanted to move on from it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher Guest" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-documentary-format-but-i-wanted-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/christopher-guest-4803_documentary_i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-docume_882571.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/christopher-guest-4803_documentary_i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-docume_882571.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/christopher-guest-4803_documentary_i-don-t-know-if-i-d-mastered-that-docume_882571.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know if I'd mastered that documentary format, but I wanted to move on from it.” — Christopher Guest", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love documentaries. 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