Animal Quote by Gus Van Sant

In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama.

— Kevin Macdonald

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

— Leslie Cockburn

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

What's great about documentary genre, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot…

— Errol Morris

A lot of the distinctions that we make between drama and documentary are spurious. We're deeply confused about these issues. About the difference between…

— Errol Morris

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

You know so many documentaries now are very carefully scripted before you start, and then people are sort of put in chairs which are…

— Nick Broomfield

I would love to direct a documentary film if any good subject comes my way.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I am a director and I think actually they're not that different - dramas and docs aren't that different. When I'm doing a drama…

— Asif Kapadia

I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.

— Chris Lilley

If you're able to appeal to a broader market, you can make an entertaining narrative film. Whereas a documentary is something that only a…

— Nick Searcy

If I wanted some drama, I would rather watch a movie.

— Anonymous