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> [I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the audience would understand in a palpable way that addiction is a disease that tells the afflicted, despite years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/i-felt-that-if-people-understood-the-struggle-of-recovery-then-some/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

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## More by Brian Lindstrom

> [My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/my-grandpa-could-go-days-weeks-even-months-without-a-drink-but-if-he/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [We all use dishwashers every day and yet none of us would say that we're experts on dishwashers, but somehow we all think we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/we-all-use-dishwashers-every-day-and-yet-none-of-us-would-say-that-we/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the audience would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/i-felt-that-if-people-understood-the-struggle-of-recovery-then-some/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [I think that every film should have its own structure, and that's the beauty of film language - is that we get to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/i-think-that-every-film-should-have-its-own-structure-and-that-s-the/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/it-can-be-difficult-to-present-mental-illness-in-film-without/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [In documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I've noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/in-documentary-you-sometimes-see-the-tyranny-of-the-linear-but-what-i/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [If the subject is no longer living, the immediate question is do you have enough first-person material to really get that story across. You'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/if-the-subject-is-no-longer-living-the-immediate-question-is-do-you/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [If I weren't making documentary films, I suppose I'd be teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/if-i-weren-t-making-documentary-films-i-suppose-i-d-be-teaching/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [The visual quality of the cameras now is such that you can shoot with available light, and if people are willing to mount a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/the-visual-quality-of-the-cameras-now-is-such-that-you-can-shoot-with/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/i-knew-as-a-young-boy-that-addiction-and-alcoholism-afflict-people/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [I think it would be really hypocritical of me to make the films I make, where I delve into people's lives, to say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/i-think-it-would-be-really-hypocritical-of-me-to-make-the-films-i/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [One thing people often forget when making a documentary is that, in a sense, you still have to cast, find a star, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/one-thing-people-often-forget-when-making-a-documentary-is-that-in-a/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [In the same way that we want to expand mental health service for people with mental illness, we also need to make sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/in-the-same-way-that-we-want-to-expand-mental-health-service-for/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [I don't think that there is any hard and fast rule that says that documentary has to be linear at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/i-don-t-think-that-there-is-any-hard-and-fast-rule-that-says-that/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

> [With a living person you're always burdened with this idea of fair representation, treading this fine line between honoring the person, and yet you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-lindstrom/with-a-living-person-you-re-always-burdened-with-this-idea-of-fair/)

[Brian Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-lindstrom/)

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