I started as a documentary maker, and they're my first love. — Kevin Macdonald Documentary Copy Share Image
Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present. — Kevin Macdonald Always Copy Share Image
I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film. — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
If you want to do 'Sword & Sandals' movies, people think that means it equals 'epic.' — Kevin Macdonald Epic Copy Share Image
In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama. — Kevin Macdonald Believe Copy Share Image
What got me into making movies was that I wanted to be a journalist. — Kevin Macdonald Journalist Copy Share Image
The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you… — Kevin Macdonald Curious Copy Share Image
My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick… — Kevin Macdonald Believe Copy Share Image
The relationship between director and subject can become very intense. It's a bit like therapy, with lots of transferences going on. It's… — Kevin Macdonald Director Copy Share Image
I suppose that the Western has always been a kind of mold to which you could pour the concerns of the day,… — Kevin Macdonald Always Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley's estate is making 30 million a year, and they say that Marley shouldn't be, but he is from a much… — Kevin Macdonald Money Copy Share Image
Most people in Uganda have something good to say about Amin - 'He was funny; he gave us pride to be African.' — Kevin Macdonald Funny Copy Share Image
In some ways, making documentaries is like being a journalist. You interview people and then use the bits you want to use… — Kevin Macdonald Being Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot… — Kevin Macdonald Always Copy Share Image
A publisher friend of mine suggested that I write a book about my grandfather, who had just died. I had nothing else… — Kevin Macdonald Books Copy Share Image
I was born at Rotten Row in Glasgow and brought up in Loch Lomond near a small place called Gartocharn. And it's… — Kevin Macdonald Attraction Copy Share Image
If there is a tendency in modern television I hate, it is the unstoppable march of the dramatic reconstruction to tell the… — Kevin Macdonald Ancient egyptian Copy Share Image
The things that are hardest to shoot are the things where you want people just to feel very natural, and you want… — Kevin Macdonald Hardest Copy Share Image
The Internet has meant that advertising has migrated; there are hardly any classifieds in newspapers any more because they're all online. If… — Kevin Macdonald Advertising Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of… — Kevin Macdonald Always Copy Share Image
The interesting thing to me is that somehow the future of movies will become a more social thing... I think that people… — Kevin Macdonald Communication Copy Share Image
I'm a cynical person who's normally attracted to the dark side of things. — Kevin Macdonald Cynical Copy Share Image
Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. — Kevin Macdonald Free Copy Share Image
If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way. — Kevin Macdonald Feel Copy Share Image
I recommend to any of you, that's always a good way to make a film: use the interesting bits. — Kevin Macdonald Always Copy Share Image
When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there's this 'Moby Dick' element, this Ahab element to… — Kevin Macdonald Another Copy Share Image
Documentary makers use other people's lives as their raw material, and that is morally indefensible. — Kevin Macdonald Documentary Copy Share Image
I don't think life gets any better than sitting in the sun while a legend of French cinema tells you stories about… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not… — Kevin Macdonald America Copy Share Image
