Empathy Quote by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

First of all, being a woman is an incredible asset in many ways in making documentaries. You can be less intimidating, you have a…

— Ondi Timoner

Paradoxically, in the field being a woman actually helps you: people often feel more comfortable talking to women, which is key in documentaries.

— Cosima Spender

I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film.

— Chris Hegedus

Filmmaking is challenging for men and women. In both cases, it is incredibly difficult. And gender is neither a guarantee of greater sensitivity, capacity…

— Claudia Llosa

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

— Liz W. Garcia

I think it's very repressive for a woman to be constantly told that she has to make films about women to better represent women,…

— Romola Garai

Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.

— Julianna Margulies

Documentaries can provoke much more than narrative movies.

— Gaspar Noe

Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged -…

— Olivia Wilde

Documentaries are unpredictable. You never know what will turn up, and the drama occurs in real time. But if you listen to people, a…

— Cosima Spender

Documentaries shouldn't just reflect the world: they should try and explain why reality is like it is.

— Adam Curtis

Brilliant documentaries are about so much more than their subject.

— Gemma Whelan