I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something ab... AARON STANFORD I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything t... MAIRA KALMAN I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed ani... SUSAN HUBBARD Television is a lot of fun. It's faster-paced. The schedule is really desirable, I guess. But as... ERIC DANE How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL There's a cumulative effect to getting good parts as a freelance actor, because you're only ... BRUCE MCGILL In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know t... AUSTIN BUTLER I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get. GAYLE GARDNER All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know... WALTER MOSLEY You know, there's chronological age, there's biological age, and there's psychological a... CHERYL TIEGS Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfact... CRAIG GROESCHEL He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k... NANCY REAGAN I don't know how to explain it, but when you're working on something constantly, and you'... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH One of the great things about a TV series is that it's different to a movie - in a movie you obv... DYLAN WALSH I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Actors are like magicians. They'll sit there and do all their tricks to each other. It's ver... DAVID AYER It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Growing up in Vancouver, it's not like growing up, you know, in Middle America or the middle of ... EVAN GOLDBERG When you get real stage fright, it comes like a sledgehammer out of the blue in the middle of someth... BILLIE WHITELAW Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end. GEORGE A. MOORE And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it&... IAN FRAZIER And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can giv... BILLY OCEAN When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there... JACKI WEAVER I really get pursued by men in their 20s, like, a lot. They probably know there's food in the fr... SHARON STONE We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha... ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don... ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one. ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. KING JAMES I
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