Being Quote by Kevin Macdonald

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

Documentaries are a form of journalism.

— Michael Moore

Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged -…

— Olivia Wilde

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

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

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

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

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

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

— Morgan Neville

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

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

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