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Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged -…

— Olivia Wilde

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

Documentaries are unpredictable. You never know what will turn up, and the drama occurs in real time. But if you listen to people, a…

— Cosima Spender

I make documentaries from time to time to remind myself of reality. It's like musicians doing scales to keep their fingers working: when you're…

— Agnes Varda

I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about.

— Chris Hegedus

I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even know if…

— Gus Van Sant

Documentaries make a difference.

— Paul Watson

I think all documentaries leave out areas of people's lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored.

— Alice Walker

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that…

— Steven Spielberg

Documentaries are a form of journalism.

— Michael Moore

I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.

— Mike Mills