I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.
David ShapiroI wanted my book to make people cry, but I feel like I'm the only person who my book is going to make cry, if they show me the sales numbers.
David ShapiroI always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.
David ShapiroI don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.
David ShapiroWe all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. Then when life catches up to them, when you see a different perspective of them, or when you are a couple degrees over, you can see things differently and it shakes you to the foundation.
David Shapiro