Documentary Quote by Simi Garewal

Great rendezvous can sometimes be very brief.

— Grass Hopper

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

— Gene Siskel

A good film is also a documentary

— Eric Rohmer

I'm not somebody who comes in with a whole outline, and says, "Here's the movie we're going to make." That's not what a documentary…

— Morgan Spurlock

The making of the documentary is an involving and collaborative process where you go deeper unlike in movies where you just borrow someone else's…

— Javed Jaffrey

You know so many documentaries now are very carefully scripted before you start, and then people are sort of put in chairs which are…

— Nick Broomfield

I'm interested in a realization that's hiding beneath the surface, and maybe that's what documentaries can do best, is to try to unpack that…

— Davis Guggenheim

Every film is a human encounter. It's people trying to collaborate and create something together.

— Alexandre Desplat

With documentary, you just pick up a camera and start.

— Gaspar Noe

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 feel like directorial teams aren't quite as uncommon in documentary.

— Anna Boden

Documentary is reality. It shows the truth.

— Jackie Shroff