Camera Quote by Gaspar Noe

You can start a documentary with just a camera, as opposed to a fiction film where you need actors, a crew, a script, a…

— Thom Powers

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

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

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

— Leslie Cockburn

I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding the images…

— Benjamin Avila

The nice thing about a documentary, I think, is that so much of it is editing, too. You sort of get to keep making…

— Gillian Jacobs

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

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

With a documentary, you can cut away, you can do jump cuts, cut to a photograph at any point to bridge two scenes.

— Christopher Guest

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

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

I never say I make documentaries. I say I make television.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi