Opportunity Quote by John Wilson

In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think the machinery…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is an important…

— Haskell Wexler

With non-professionals, there's a lot of time you have to allocate to getting what you want with them, but also you cast based on…

— Charles Burnett

In a drama, the camera doesn't exist. In a documentary, it does.

— Gareth Edwards

There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in…

— Lorenzo Lamas

So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

— Jane Campion

Documentary photography is becoming more illustrative as people become more familiar with photography’s limitations and vulnerabilities. Reality has always been interpreted through layers of…

— Taryn Simon

It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you…

— Emily Watson

Both those taking snaps and documentary photographers... have not understood information. What they produce are camera memories, not information, and the better they do…

— Vilém Flusser

Once you start [filming] you have researchers who are constantly giving you information. Ultimately it isn't about impersonating or trying to be an image…

— Vanessa Kirby

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction. If you acknowledge that filming…

— Joshua Oppenheimer

I think that documentaries are bound by journalistic ethics, and I think they have the pressure of trying to entertain someone for 90 minutes.…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi