Able Quote by Brian De Palma

I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I…

— Ruth Ozeki

That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If…

— Debbie Allen

Filming, for me, is a way of approaching, little by little - of getting closer and closer to my subject. And that subject itself…

— Rithy Panh

It's rare in a documentary film that you have a repetitive act. So when you do, you can shoot it in different ways so…

— Frederick Wiseman

When you're filming, you're blind. But if you follow what really moves you, then you operate from a place of hope: maybe that the…

— Sebastian Lelio

There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make it happen…

— Debra Granik

There are people who just collect a bunch of footage and then edit it later. You definitely feel more protected when a director is…

— Matt Damon

When I make a documentary I shoot very little but I hang around with my camera for a long time. I look at the…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is…

— Terrence Malick

I'm actually filming all the time, and I don't have much time to do anything. I've always been that way.

— Mike Colter

When I'm filming something, I quite forget that it's all still got to come together and be edited. I'm so engrossed in trying to…

— Yasmin Paige

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for…

— Seth Gordon