“You know so many documentaries now are very carefully scripted before you start, and then people are sort of put in chairs which are beautifully lit, and they tell their stories and you do that with another 10 people and you then construct a story from what they say. You do a sort of paper thing, and then you put some images in-between, and that's your film. And that's so not what I think is a good documentary. It can be so much more than that, it should be much more of an adventure and much more uncertain... like real things are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldRealStoriesFilmAdventurePaperChairsUncertainDocumentariesConstructsLitReal Things Author:Nick Broomfield
“You are someone; that's enough. Everybody's feelings are ultimately the same. The desire to be special, to be wanted, to be seen. That's the same, too.” EnoughFeelingsWantedDesireSpecial Author:Eli Russell Linnetz
“I've never felt limited by my circumstances, no matter what they were. Even when I was living in Iowa, it wasn't like I had big dreams, but it wasn't that I felt I couldn't have any. I always felt very capable.” MatterDreamBigsFeltCircumstancesCapableNo Matter WhatIowa Author:Michelle Monaghan
“I don't like telling really talented people who are amazing what they should do. I'm just going to let them be. It has to be complete freedom - creativity has to be complete freedom.” PeopleShouldCreativityComplete Freedom Author:Eli Russell Linnetz
“Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.” ThinkingTryingGuySportsMagicFansGoing OutEmulatePlaygroundsBiggest FanOlder Guys Author:Jason Kidd
“My parents have worked their asses off their whole entire lives, they still do, and I never felt like anything would be handed to me. I never felt sorry for myself. I felt like, "Wow, this is incredible. I'm able to do this for myself." I think once you have that sense of empowerment at a young age and you allow your children to have that empowerment, it will fuel them for a lifetime.” ThinkingChildrenStillsWholeWould BeAgeAbleYoungFeltParentEmpowermentOur ChildrenLifetimeSorryIncrediblesAssYour ChildrenFuelWowYoung Age Author:Michelle Monaghan
“I grew up Catholic. I'm not religious now but I would say that I'm a very spiritual person and you're always in search of answers.” PersonsSpiritualReligiousAnswersGrewGrew UpCatholic Author:Michelle Monaghan
“Religion is something that is very well intentioned, for all intents and purposes, for everyone around the world, but sometimes it can start to get warped.” WorldWellsSometimesPurposeAround The World Author:Michelle Monaghan
“There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes over and over again you start slowly hating yourself.” KnowsCertainHateBecomingHeelsHate YouAchillesAnecdotesAchilles HeelHating Yourself Author:Karen Elson
“A movie's a movie - you know I'm a massive old film buff - but it's still something to me, music: I can still close my eyes like I was when I was a teenager, and it can still make me weep or make me angry or make me, even if it's bad music, crack up.” IfsKnowsStillsI CanEyeFilmAngryTeenagerMassiveCracksMake Me AngryBad Music Author:Karen Elson