Classic Quote by Clive James

People have said to me, 'Oh, you are much nicer making documentaries than you were in politics.' So I should be. If you are…

— Michael Portillo

I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.

— Anne Murray

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads…

— William Shatner

Twenty to thirty years ago, who was making documentary films? Nobody. Well, relatively few people. It was an art form that had limited theatrical…

— Errol Morris

Of course, when you're making a documentary, you don't have actors, but nonetheless, there is a writing process that does take place in the…

— Rithy Panh

For someone like me, making a documentary - I don't kid myself. There's no influence at all. What I do is entertainment. I would…

— Michael Portillo

I think making a documentary gets you out and about more, with people. With stand-up, you're talking at people. With documentaries you're talking with…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

If I weren't making documentary films, I suppose I'd be teaching.

— Brian Lindstrom

Making the documentary was an extraordinary experience and it really hit home to me the quasi-religious nature of this anthropogenic global warming cause. These…

— Nick Minchin

So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don't feel particularly crippled by this. I don't want it to…

— Jenny Holzer

There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.

— Heidi Ewing

The making of the documentary is an involving and collaborative process where you go deeper unlike in movies where you just borrow someone else's…

— Javed Jaffrey