If there is a tendency in modern television I hate, it is the unstoppable march of the dramatic reconstruction to tell the… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I don't think life gets any better than sitting in the sun while a legend of French cinema tells you stories about… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I can't claim my grandfather's work has influenced mine directly, but his life certainly inspired me to follow this path. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I've fallen out very badly with some of the subjects I've interviewed, because they see their lives a certain way; to step… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day.… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
For me, what works well about 'Life in a Day' is that it's emotionally affecting without being manipulative. It really does make… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I've fallen out very badly with some of the subjects I've interviewed, because they see their lives a certain way; to step into a… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I was a teenager in the '80s, and I was always a bit dismissive of Houston, as I think a lot of people who… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
With fiction, I've grown to really love the challenge of lying, the challenge of telling a good tale that isn't truthful, and working with… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not really aware… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Although 'The Anderson Platoon' was what we would now call an 'embedded film' - with all the ambiguities that term implies - somehow Schoendoerffer… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The relationship between director and subject can become very intense. It's a bit like therapy, with lots of transferences going on. It's easy to… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day. When we… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to make this… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Coming from documentaries, my biggest challenge was to understand actors' psychologies. American actors take it all very seriously; British actors don't enter into all… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics painted on… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
