Documentaries Quote by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Download Open image “I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.” — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Documentaries Life Thinking Whole Whole life
If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
If I could make a decent living doing documentaries, I would. I don't really care about [the other] stuff so much. But you can't… — Penelope Spheeris Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be in movies, but I never thought that in a million years there would be a documentary about my life. — Gigi Gorgeous Copy Share Image
Too many documentaries are intellectual exercises. I want documentaries to be alive. — Davis Guggenheim Copy Share Image
I never got into making documentaries for any kind of success, because documentary careers are generally ones of prolonged failures. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
All the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams, this is for you — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
There were a lot of unique challenges in producing the film, such as the logistical issues inherent in producing a long-term verite film in… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
When you play music, you don't need a language. Music is a language. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling.… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
By giving our audience intimate access to the lives of musicians, we hope to raise awareness of the region's beautiful cultural heritage and present… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
The day I won an Emmy was also the day my father passed away. I received a call from my sister on the way… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
I like the cinema of people like Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton. I am not keen on trying to reproduce reality - for that… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James Brown recently;… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
The documentary style is an incredibly flexible and useful one. It's a wonderful tool for establishing the credibility of the version of things that's… — Frank Gohlke Copy Share Image
Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of concrete documentary… — Jorge Amado Copy Share Image
Most of my life, I thought that I would end up a novelist. But then, in New York City, after college, I started a… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
I'm in school every day. It depends on what it is that you do with all that free time when I'm not on the… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them. — Michael Apted Copy Share Image
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