Avoid Quote by Stacey Dooley

With journalism, films always have to be to do with some personal statement of your own. As a general rule, I resist that. In…

— Stephen Daldry

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists.

— Wim Wenders

Critics are giving marks for originality, acting, photography and scripting, while mass audiences are more drawn to familiarity of genre, stars they would like…

— Mark Lawson

I don't make films for critics, and I'm not particularly interested in what they have to say, and they don't have a bearing on…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not…

— Jane Campion

There's so many intangible forces that come into play when making a film, I have no idea what the public will ultimately think of…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking.

— Kevin Macdonald

Since I'm a story-oriented critic, sometimes it's difficult to discuss issues without defining them. At the same time, I try not to give away…

— Stephen Hunter

When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.

— Betty Dodson

One issue that I have with a lot of films is that they're so strongly 'about something' that it forecloses a person's participation in…

— RaMell Ross

Documentaries are unpredictable. You never know what will turn up, and the drama occurs in real time. But if you listen to people, a…

— Cosima Spender

Critics can say what they like about the films, but very often, there's a certain expectation of documentaries that they're supposed to be like…

— Alex Gibney