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> [I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries, but realistic in the sense that they're not idealistic, they're not optimistic, not pessimistic, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-think-my-movies-aren-t-sentimental-i-think-my-movies-are-funny-and/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

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## More by Frederick Wiseman

> [I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-hope-that-not-only-my-documentaries-but-everybody-s-documentaries/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-do-not-think-that-my-films-or-films-by-any-other-filmmaker/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/you-have-to-edit-the-material-that-assumes-that-some-kind-of-a-mind/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-m-too-busy-to-be-nostalgic-which-is-one-of-the-reasons-to-keep-busy/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [It is always a problem to know what an image means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/it-is-always-a-problem-to-know-what-an-image-means/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/unfortunately-i-never-played-an-instrument-i-can-t-blame-my-parents/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I think I've learned a lot about how to make movies, and particularly about how to edit movies by thinking about how similar problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-think-i-ve-learned-a-lot-about-how-to-make-movies-and-particularly/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/my-goal-is-to-make-as-many-films-as-possible-about-different-aspects/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-don-t-really-know-what-i-want-other-than-good-sequences-whatever/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Of course there's conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it's an interpretation. If you don't like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/of-course-there-s-conscious-manipulation-everything-about-a-movie-is/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/i-think-my-movies-aren-t-sentimental-i-think-my-movies-are-funny-and/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/making-movies-is-an-effort-is-an-attempt-to-leave-a-trace-of-your/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Everything about a movie is manipulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/everything-about-a-movie-is-manipulation/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [One's relationship to time is complicated, and sometimes a day will drag on forever and sometimes it'll be over in a flash. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/one-s-relationship-to-time-is-complicated-and-sometimes-a-day-will/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

> [Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/anybody-whose-mind-is-functioning-at-all-can-t-be-content-with-the/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

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