Cinema Quote by Alex Hammond

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads…

— William Shatner

One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries…

— Michael Apted

The nice thing about a documentary, I think, is that so much of it is editing, too. You sort of get to keep making…

— Gillian Jacobs

It's hard to make a living doing documentaries. Frankly, if it takes you five years to do a film, and that's the only film…

— Alex Gibney

I'm not somebody who comes in with a whole outline, and says, "Here's the movie we're going to make." That's not what a documentary…

— Morgan Spurlock

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

— Leslie Cockburn

When you're making a real documentary, you shoot it and the movie happens. You don't make - this sounds corny - you don't make…

— Chris Rock

I think that documentaries are bound by journalistic ethics, and I think they have the pressure of trying to entertain someone for 90 minutes.…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Given the time-based relationship to making a movie, it's often not efficient to spend copious amounts of time filming and waiting for meaning and…

— RaMell Ross

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding…

— Ben Edwards

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.

— Francesca Gregorini