Church Quote by Frederick Wiseman

I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in…

— Frederick Wiseman

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize…

— Frederick Wiseman

You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds…

— Frederick Wiseman

I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person.

— Frederick Wiseman

It is always a problem to know what an image means.

— Frederick Wiseman

Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because I think…

— Frederick Wiseman

I think I've learned a lot about how to make movies, and particularly about how to edit movies by thinking about how similar problems…

— Frederick Wiseman

My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.

— Frederick Wiseman

I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment,…

— Frederick Wiseman

Of course there's conscious manipulation! Everything about a movie is manipulation ... If you like it, it's an interpretation. If you don't like it,…

— Frederick Wiseman

I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries,…

— Frederick Wiseman

Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.

— Frederick Wiseman