If you go to pretty much everywhere in the developing world, you will find Bob Marley murals, and you'll find people playing… — Kevin Macdonald Developing 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've done a few celebrity-related things, and I think on the first one - about Mick Jagger - I got stung and… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
The thing with newspapers is that they are a filter. We're relying on the editors of that paper to be a filter… — Kevin Macdonald Filter 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
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 find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It… — Kevin Macdonald Crazy Copy Share Image
The amazing thing about Bob Marley is that there is no moving footage of him at all for the first ten or… — Kevin Macdonald Amazing Copy Share Image
In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama. — Kevin Macdonald Believe Copy Share Image
You can get good performances in quite sizable roles from people who have never been in front of a camera, people who… — Kevin Macdonald Camera Copy Share Image
It's nice to stretch in different directions and use different muscles. You can get swallowed into Hollywood, where it's all about bums… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
The tradition has always been that in Roman films, the Romans are always British, and it's usually posh British: Laurence Olivier and… — Kevin Macdonald Always 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
It's interesting to me that the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and in the marches, people were singing 'Get up, stand up,… — Kevin Macdonald Arab spring Copy Share Image
There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking. — Kevin Macdonald Certainty Copy Share Image
Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality,… — Kevin Macdonald Being Copy Share Image
I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled… — Kevin Macdonald Beautiful 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
