There is so much going on in our country and in the world today... We're getting the headlines for a second, shaped… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Documentaries - my God, there is so much going on in our country and in the world today that every time you… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
The occupied territories and the movement of settlements - moving people today off of their property and claiming it - is illegal. — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters. — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I get creeped out by Francis Bacon's paintings, and I can't say exactly why. They're all really disturbing, and there is an almost nimbus-like… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
In early 1983, Gary Goetzman and I went to see my favorite band, the Talking Heads, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary,… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
There is so much going on in our country and in the world today... We're getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I'm of Neil Young's generation. Neil Young's songs have spoken to what it's like to be at least a white male of his generation… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I think music is just a wonderful ingredient that helps us understand a scene better. And certainly you can overuse music, and you can… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
