Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.
Frederick WisemanIn moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.
Frederick WisemanDocumentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.
Frederick WisemanThis whole business of documentary being a second-class citizen is bullshit. A documentary can be as interesting, as dramatic, as sad, as funny, blah, blah, blah, as a fiction movie. Or it can be as awful as a fiction movie!
Frederick Wiseman