Documentaries Quotes

243 quotes by 207 authors

I want to venture into film more, and I think that a nice way to transition into doing that would be a documentary. I think… — Ryan McGinley
I watch documentaries for information. I watch films to be entertained. — Meshell Ndegeocello
For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure… — Giles Duley
When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose… — Sam Neill
I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the… — Trevor Nunn
I don't have a horror film in me just because I don't like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and… — Todd Phillips
In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good… — Garth Stein
Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up. — Michael Rapaport
I may be wrong, but the essential illustrative nature of most documentary photography, and the worship of the object per se, in our best nature… — Aaron Siskind
I left the golden age of documentaries to go into the golden days of the 'CBS Evening News.' You could see that the audiences were… — Howard Stringer
I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out.… — Steven Yeun
Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening,… — Ann Macbeth
To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another. — Dennis Hopper
Mass entertainment in America has been dominated for a long time by the mode of documentary realism. — David Riesman
I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there. — Jamie Bell
When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary. — Diane Cilento
I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if… — Sacha Baron Cohen
I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found… — Sarah Wayne Callies
Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be… — Anita Diament

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