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" It's obviously presumptuous in some ways to talk about somebody's sexuality who's not here to describe themselves. "

Kevin Macdonald

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" There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to make this film. "

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" The relationship between director and subject can become very intense. It's a bit like therapy, with lots of transferences going on. It's easy to feel guilty. "

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" If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way. "

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" If there is a tendency in modern television I hate, it is the unstoppable march of the dramatic reconstruction to tell the stories of anything from an ancient Egyptian battle to the early life of Paul Gascoigne. "

Kevin Macdonald

" People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know. "

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" I love submarine movies. "

Kevin Macdonald

" I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film. "

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" People think that the Italians invented neorealism, but actually, Humphrey Jennings did. He was revolutionary in using non-professional actors in his films, and he got extraordinary performances out of them. "

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" As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you too hard because I can see this is painful for you.' "

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" I started as a documentary maker, and they're my first love. "

Kevin Macdonald

" I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish than that. The Scottish part of my family are from Skye, and I've always been very aware of that - always been very attracted to Scottish subject matter, I guess. "

Kevin Macdonald

" The interesting thing to me is that somehow the future of movies will become a more social thing... I think that people will see them communally and will be talking about them as they're watching them, in a way, and immediately after watching them, and they'll all become the conversation. I think that's pretty interesting. "

Kevin Macdonald

" No man, no woman is without their flaws. "

Kevin Macdonald

" In my early career as a documentarian, I suppose I was trying to make films which - where it was all about making a big cinematic statement, and I think with 'Marley,' I slightly changed my direction and adopted a more mellow approach. "

Kevin Macdonald

" It's always nice to have the same people that you are familiar with and shorthand with, obviously, to be around you. "

Kevin Macdonald

" When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day. When we were cutting that film, we talked about what it might be like if we chose a day that already had significance to people. The result is 'Christmas in a Day.' "

Kevin Macdonald

" When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there's this 'Moby Dick' element, this Ahab element to them. "

Kevin Macdonald

" I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy. "

Kevin Macdonald

" I did not want to depict Al Gashey as evil. I wanted him to come across as someone who did what he did for reasons that were compelling. Whether or not we agree with him is a different matter. "

Kevin Macdonald

" I was born at Rotten Row in Glasgow and brought up in Loch Lomond near a small place called Gartocharn. And it's a bit like anyone: where you're brought up, you have an irresistible attraction to that place; it defines who you are. "

Kevin Macdonald

" John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the precepts of John Lennon. "

Kevin Macdonald

" I always loved digging away at the story, trying to find out things that people don't want you to find out and piecing it all together. I love the treasure hunt aspect of it, the thrill of the chase. "

Kevin Macdonald

" Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. "

Kevin Macdonald

" We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in their home movies and family albums. "

Kevin Macdonald

" It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty, that allow for disagreement and discussion, are more interesting to us. "

Kevin Macdonald

" Sometimes people give away more by not saying something. "

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" I suppose that the Western has always been a kind of mold to which you could pour the concerns of the day, but have them seen in the simple terms of the Western, of one alley or whatever. "

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" Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present. "

Kevin Macdonald

" There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking. "

Kevin Macdonald

" The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this limited environment. "

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