Cinema Quote by Kevin Macdonald

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

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

Documentaries are a form of journalism.

— Michael Moore

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

I don't think there's so much difference between making documentaries and feature films. I think it's even harder to make documentaries.

— Danis Tanovic

You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries.

— Morgan Neville

You can construct whatever story you want to. Documentaries are constructions, as is all journalism.

— Tim Hetherington

One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries…

— Michael Apted

If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries.

— Morgan Neville

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

— Leslie Cockburn

It's hard to make a living doing documentaries. Frankly, if it takes you five years to do a film, and that's the only film…

— Alex Gibney

As for documentary, it was a natural progression from my earlier career in journalism. The two media are connected, but of course making films…

— Nancy Kates

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

— Dennis Hopper