Documentary Quotes

192 quotes by 167 authors

What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer… — Joseph Conrad
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the best technical photographs,… — Mary Ellen Mark
My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving… — Sam Abell
Fear is not a word in my football documentary. — Jose Mourinho
A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph. — Dorothea Lange
Former Vice President Al Gore starring in a new documentary about global warming. I believe it's called [Leno snores]. ... The film actually features Al… — Jay Leno
If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language. Which goes… — Salman Rushdie
I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it. — Michael Rapaport
Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity. — Spike Jonze
All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human… — Jeremy Northam
I am a Beyonce fan. Iâ€™m gonna watch her upcoming documentary because fortunately one of the TVs in our kitchen has closed captioning so Iâ€™ll… — Wendy Williams
I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer. — Beau Bridges
I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and… — Rosie Perez
Dice Rules is one of the most appalling movies I have ever seen. It could not be more damaging to the career of Andrew Dice… — Roger Ebert
Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The… — Roger Ebert
I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary… — Timothy Bottoms
For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux Paris photographic plates,… — Eugene Atget
Thatâ€™s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind. — Walker Evans
What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.[this quality] is usually produced unconsciously and even… — Walker Evans
Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control… — Brian De Palma

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