Challenges Quote by Forest Whitaker

I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph.

— Oprah Winfrey

I make documentaries from time to time to remind myself of reality. It's like musicians doing scales to keep their fingers working: when you're…

— Agnes Varda

Through the documentaries I make, my job is to talk to people and make them feel comfortable and listen to really harrowing stories about…

— Zara McDermott

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

— Griffin Dunne

All my stories are mainly slice-of-life and rooted to real issues and situations that I have experienced myself.

— Shoojit Sircar

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.

— Pamela Yates

I'm fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form…

— Barry Levinson

I'm a documentary filmmaker, so often I'm in the position of talking to people who are sharing stories that are critically important to share,…

— Kristi Jacobson

Stories, as we're taught in journalism school early on, are told through people. Those stories make our documentaries powerful. You can explore someone's culture,…

— Soledad O'Brien

I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about.

— Chris Hegedus

I'm primarily an actor and only make documentaries when I see a story others have missed.

— Keith Allen

I love being able to share my story to help others relate or cope with their own stuff they have going on at home.

— Sonya Deville