We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in… — Kevin Macdonald Family Copy Share Image
I used the same designer and costume designer on 'The Eagle' and 'The Last King of Scotland.' — Kevin Macdonald Eagle Copy Share Image
I think we're all greedy. Who do you know who says, 'I have enough! I don't need any more!'? It's part of… — Kevin Macdonald Enough Copy Share Image
John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the… — Kevin Macdonald Around the world Copy Share Image
People think that the Italians invented neorealism, but actually, Humphrey Jennings did. He was revolutionary in using non-professional actors in his films,… — Kevin Macdonald Extraordinary Copy Share Image
I always loved digging away at the story, trying to find out things that people don't want you to find out and… — Kevin Macdonald Find Copy Share Image
Put someone on a horse looking cold and wet, and they don't have to act. They just are cold and wet. — Kevin Macdonald Act Copy Share Image
It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty,… — Kevin Macdonald More Copy Share Image
It's obviously presumptuous in some ways to talk about somebody's sexuality who's not here to describe themselves. — Kevin Macdonald About Copy Share Image
The first documentary I saw that tried to show the actual experience of being a soldier in combat was 'The Anderson Platoon,'… — Kevin Macdonald Best Copy Share Image
In war films, even more than in other kinds of documentary, we've come to think that shaky, poor-quality footage is somehow more… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
In my early career as a documentarian, I suppose I was trying to make films which - where it was all about… — Kevin Macdonald Big Copy Share Image
I think everything that I've done, I've been involved with for longer. Either you develop it from scratch, or you take something,… — Kevin Macdonald Director Copy Share Image
I love Humphrey Jennings. People ask me who my favorite documentary maker is, and he's certainly in the top three. — Kevin Macdonald Documentary Copy Share Image
For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to… — Kevin Macdonald Aim Copy Share Image
We should not confuse having a Flip camera with making a documentary. — Kevin Macdonald Camera Copy Share Image
People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that,… — Kevin Macdonald Art Copy Share Image
When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
I like to take a little of what I learned in fiction and apply it to documentary and vice versa. — Kevin Macdonald Apply Copy Share Image
For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your… — Kevin Macdonald Childhood Copy Share Image
It's always nice to have the same people that you are familiar with and shorthand with, obviously, to be around you. — Kevin Macdonald Always Copy Share Image
'Uprising' was one of the first three or four albums I ever bought in 1980 when I was 13, and that had… — Kevin Macdonald Four Copy Share Image
