Important Quote by Hirokazu Kore-eda

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

Documentaries were necessary for my growth as a person. I grew up very sheltered and it was a form of expressing myself.

— Kareem Mortimer

My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it.

— Roger Deakins

To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things.

— Taika Waititi

I've learned survival secrets from being on camera, and then translated them into everyday life.

— Deidre Hall

I learned to observe other people - that's sort of what it teaches you. To pay attention. Which can also be a really natural…

— Natalie Portman

With documentaries, you go in with an open-mind but knowing what you want.

— Chris Metzler

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

— Chris Hegedus

I'm a big fan of documentaries. I've always loved them, and I've just never had the opportunity or the time to make a feature.

— Frank Marshall

I've always intended to eventually make films. I've always been very aware of tone and shots. But documentaries are a great proving ground for…

— George Ratliff

I learned how to make a documentary by having a good team around me. My editors (and co-writers)Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Frédéric Tcheng were very…

— Lisa Immordino Vreeland

As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job…

— David Schwimmer