Bridge Quote by Christopher Guest

With documentary, you just pick up a camera and start.

— Gaspar Noe

I'm not somebody who comes in with a whole outline, and says, "Here's the movie we're going to make." That's not what a documentary…

— Morgan Spurlock

When you come to documentaries, the stakes are too low for it to be cutthroat. You're all doing it for the right reasons.

— Morgan Neville

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

— Leslie Cockburn

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

It's wonderful to work on footage by someone who understands how to get it to cut right, which a lot of directors don't.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Documentary is a little like horror movies, putting a face on fear and transforming threat into fantasy, into imagery. One can handle imagery by…

— Martha Rosler

Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You…

— Rithy Panh

But I can say what interests me about documentary is the fact that you don't know how the story ends at the onset -…

— Errol Morris

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

— Dennis Hopper

In some ways, making documentaries is like being a journalist. You interview people and then use the bits you want to use as opposed…

— Kevin Macdonald

If we have anything to offer, as filmmakers and as TV makers now, it's this ability to feel as close to a documentary as…

— Mark Duplass