Areas Quote by Alice Walker

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

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

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

— Chris Hegedus

I do really enjoy watching documentaries because it's such an interesting foray into other people's lives.

— Ego Nwodim

There's a lot of documentaries out in the world; it sometimes seems as if there's no topic left!

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

Documentaries shouldn't just reflect the world: they should try and explain why reality is like it is.

— Adam Curtis

The trend for documentaries will never go away, because everybody wants to learn about the world. The world is awful in parts, but there's…

— Daisy Ridley

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have…

— Alanis Obomsawin

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

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'm fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form…

— Barry Levinson

I love not serious documentaries, too, but I love seeing people at their wits' end, I guess.

— Maria Thayer