Documentaries Quote by Steven Spielberg

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

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have…

— Alanis Obomsawin

I think all documentaries leave out areas of people's lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored.

— Alice Walker

I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about.

— Chris Hegedus

The trend for documentaries will never go away, because everybody wants to learn about the world. The world is awful in parts, but there's…

— Daisy Ridley

Documentaries shouldn't just reflect the world: they should try and explain why reality is like it is.

— Adam Curtis

I do really enjoy watching documentaries because it's such an interesting foray into other people's lives.

— Ego Nwodim

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

— Leslie Cockburn

I'm fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form…

— Barry Levinson

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

Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy the future.…

— Paul Rotha

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski