Documentary Quote by Morgan Neville

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

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.

— Walter Salles

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

I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I had trouble…

— Errol Morris

Documentary films have always been my passion, I have done documentaries.

— Shoojit Sircar

I loved watching documentaries and had wanted to try making one for years - I'd just put it off as other opportunities arose. But…

— Marshall Curry

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

I've never seen myself as a documentary filmmaker. I see myself as a filmmaker, period, and I am interested in drama as well as…

— Errol Morris

I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in classic fiction…

— John Hyams

I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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'm primarily an actor and only make documentaries when I see a story others have missed.

— Keith Allen