“I don't have a horror film in me just because I don't like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and I certainly have dramas.” FilmDramaHorrorScaredDocumentariesHorror Film Author:Todd Phillips
“I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator... You've got a documentary, I've got a voice. Animated films. Big films, small films.” WantI CanDifferentBigsFilmVoiceCan DoFictionComedyDramaHorrorScience FictionDifferent ThingsDocumentariesAnimatedNarratorsAnimated Films Author:Colin Farrell
“Theatre is filled w/ passion, risk and drama (as much behind-the-curtain as on stage), perfect ingredients for documentary storytelling.” PassionPerfectBehindsRiskStageDramaFilledTheatreStorytellingIngredientsDocumentariesCurtains Author:Dori Berinstein
“I've never seen myself as a documentary filmmaker. I see myself as a filmmaker, period, and I am interested in drama as well as in documentary.” WellsPeriodsDramaFilmmakerDocumentaries Author:Errol Morris
“A lot of the distinctions that we make between drama and documentary are spurious. We're deeply confused about these issues. About the difference between the two, about where documentary ends and drama begins.” TwoEndsDifferencesIssuesDramaConfusedDistinctionDocumentaries Author:Errol Morris
“You can't tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced.” FilmKnowingDramaDocumentariesClip Author:Errol Morris
“Documentaries are unpredictable. You never know what will turn up, and the drama occurs in real time. But if you listen to people, a narrative always emerges.” PeopleIfsKnowsRealTurnsDramaNarrativeUnpredictableDocumentaries Author:Cosima Spender
“I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.” IdeasDifferentAnimalDramaDocumentariesArrangingDifferent Animals Author:Gus Van Sant
“All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries.” HumansWellsMightFilmFictionSituationNovelEventsHuman NatureDramaTiedDocumentariesGreat FilmGreat Novels Author:Jeremy Northam
“The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to make choices when you're trying to make something work. And the choices we make I think are accurate. There aren't any lies in it. There are assumpt” ThinkingTryingArtRealityLyingChoicesDramaDeceitAccurateDocumentaries Author:Mark Rydell
“I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.” FeelsMomentsPastFilmInterestingDramaHollywoodDocumentariesHollywood MoviesDocumentary Films Author:Ken Burns