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> [It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/it-s-a-funny-thing-with-documentary-films-you-want-them-to-feel-as/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

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## More by Jonathan Demme

> [The occupied territories and the movement of settlements - moving people today off of their property and claiming it - is illegal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/the-occupied-territories-and-the-movement-of-settlements-moving/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-only-work-with-actors-who-take-full-responsibility-for-their/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-love-the-idea-of-documentaries-i-love-seeing-documentaries-and-i/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-get-creeped-out-by-francis-bacon-s-paintings-and-i-can-t-say/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [I had had no aspirations to be a filmmaker or a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-had-had-no-aspirations-to-be-a-filmmaker-or-a-writer/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/extraordinary-people-are-the-green-berets-and-the-navy-seals-and-the/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [In early 1983, Gary Goetzman and I went to see my favorite band, the Talking Heads, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/in-early-1983-gary-goetzman-and-i-went-to-see-my-favorite-band-the/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [I was a Talking Heads fan from the very beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-was-a-talking-heads-fan-from-the-very-beginning/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/when-silence-of-the-lambs-did-well-commercially-it-was-more-than/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [I adore film, and I adore music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-adore-film-and-i-adore-music/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/nothing-beats-a-live-performance-nothing/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/everything-i-ve-made-it-doesn-t-mean-they-ve-all-been-good-but/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/there-is-so-much-going-on-in-our-country-and-in-the-world-today-we-re/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-m-of-neil-young-s-generation-neil-young-s-songs-have-spoken-to-what/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

> [I think music is just a wonderful ingredient that helps us understand a scene better. And certainly you can overuse music, and you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-demme/i-think-music-is-just-a-wonderful-ingredient-that-helps-us-understand/)

[Jonathan Demme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-demme/)

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