--- title: "4 Documentary Quotes By Michael Moore" description: "4 Documentary quotes by Michael Moore. Plus more from Michael Moore and more Documentary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/michael-moore-884_documentaries_for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-we_1193352.png" --- > [For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-well/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/michael-moore-884_documentaries_for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-we_1193352.png) > [Documentaries are a form of journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/documentaries-are-a-form-of-journalism/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/michael-moore-884_documentaries_documentaries-are-a-form-of-journalism-1_1285029.png) > [We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/we-all-need-to-be-huge-supporters-of-the-theatrical-documentary/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/michael-moore-884_documentaries_we-all-need-to-be-huge-supporters-of-the_1441007.png) > [I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-ve-been-encouraging-documentary-filmmakers-to-use-more-and-more/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/michael-moore-884_audience_i-ve-been-encouraging-documentary-filmma_2645035.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 Michael Moore > [If you reduce the guns and the ammo, you'll reduce the murders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/if-you-reduce-the-guns-and-the-ammo-you-ll-reduce-the-murders/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [You share things with people and I think information, and art, and ideas should be shared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/you-share-things-with-people-and-i-think-information-and-art-and/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/the-purpose-of-art-actually-is-in-many-cases-to-make-you-feel-quite/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/capitalism-is-against-the-things-that-we-say-we-believe-in-democracy/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [We live in a time when fictitious election results elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/we-live-in-a-time-when-fictitious-election-results-elect-a-fictitious/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom and morality and humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/a-government-run-by-billionaires-for-billionaires-is-an-affront-to/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We've Been Told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/there-is-no-terrorist-threat-in-this-country-this-is-a-lie-this-is/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [The real problem with the IRS is that they let General Electric not pay any taxes -- and 50 other corporations -- that's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/the-real-problem-with-the-irs-is-that-they-let-general-electric-not/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [Hope for the best is what we do, right from the moment we're born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/hope-for-the-best-is-what-we-do-right-from-the-moment-we-re-born/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [I get called 'controversial' all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-get-called-controversial-all-the-time/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/this-book-stupid-white-men-has-sold-now-over-four-million-copies/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [There's nothing pure about capitalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/there-s-nothing-pure-about-capitalism/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/if-we-say-the-government-sucks-we-re-kind-of-saying-that-we-suck/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/nobody-was-talking-about-healthcare-until-sicko-came-out/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) > [I have enormous respect for anyone who would offer to sacrifice their life to defend my right to live. Is there any greater gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-have-enormous-respect-for-anyone-who-would-offer-to-sacrifice-their/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentary/michael-moore/#itemlist", "name": "4 Documentary Quotes By Michael Moore", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-well/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/michael-moore-884_documentaries_for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-we_1193352.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/michael-moore-884_documentaries_for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-we_1193352.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/michael-moore-884_documentaries_for-a-documentary-filmmaker-i-do-very-we_1193352.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well.” — Michael Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Documentaries are a form of journalism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/documentaries-are-a-form-of-journalism/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/michael-moore-884_documentaries_documentaries-are-a-form-of-journalism-1_1285029.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/michael-moore-884_documentaries_documentaries-are-a-form-of-journalism-1_1285029.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/michael-moore-884_documentaries_documentaries-are-a-form-of-journalism-1_1285029.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Documentaries are a form of journalism.” — Michael Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/we-all-need-to-be-huge-supporters-of-the-theatrical-documentary/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/michael-moore-884_documentaries_we-all-need-to-be-huge-supporters-of-the_1441007.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/michael-moore-884_documentaries_we-all-need-to-be-huge-supporters-of-the_1441007.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/michael-moore-884_documentaries_we-all-need-to-be-huge-supporters-of-the_1441007.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.” — Michael Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. 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