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> [For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/for-behaviorist-films-that-s-been-much-more-useful-the-change-of/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

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## More by Michael Apted

> [So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/so-i-do-tend-to-do-documentaries-where-i-can-move-in-and-out-of-them/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [I'd love to direct commercials on Caribbean beacheswith luscious women rubbing on suntan lotion, but all I get arethese documentary-type things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/i-d-love-to-direct-commercials-on-caribbean-beacheswith-luscious/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [I had wanted to make a film about World War II for some time, but I didn't really want to do something that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/i-had-wanted-to-make-a-film-about-world-war-ii-for-some-time-but-i/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [Your great country is wonderful at stealing pieces of history and using it for its own purposes, so there didn't seem to be anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/your-great-country-is-wonderful-at-stealing-pieces-of-history-and/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/i-ve-never-much-been-interested-in-doing-films-that-no-one-gets-to-see/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [I'd always wanted to do something about the Second World War, but I didn't want to do another combat film, whether it was air,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/i-d-always-wanted-to-do-something-about-the-second-world-war-but-i/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [He wasn't, but producers are by definition annoying because they have a different agenda from you. They're trying to stop you spending money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/he-wasn-t-but-producers-are-by-definition-annoying-because-they-have/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/it-was-one-of-those-great-miracles-of-history-that-they-managed-to/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/one-of-the-reasons-to-do-documentaries-is-that-there-s-more-sense-of/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/when-i-joined-granada-which-you-don-t-want-to-start-crying-about/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/anyway-that-was-the-germ-of-the-idea-and-of-course-you-know-this-was/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/music-video-directors-who-conceive-write-and-direct-these-works-enjoy/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/it-takes-great-skill-to-tell-a-compelling-story-in-under-60-seconds/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/now-that-i-can-edit-the-whole-thing-on-avid-and-edit-the-whole-thing/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

> [It's still the same job, the same anxieties, but it did feel a lot different, that kind of budget, that schedule, and frankly, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/it-s-still-the-same-job-the-same-anxieties-but-it-did-feel-a-lot/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

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