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" I've done a few celebrity-related things, and I think on the first one - about Mick Jagger - I got stung and was not able to make the film I wanted to make. "

Kevin Macdonald

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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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" 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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" When you see how people in the developing world react and how they use a camera, you realise how narcissistic we are and how the filming of ourselves and thinking that we're interesting enough to care about is odd. "

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" 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.' "

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" I don't think life gets any better than sitting in the sun while a legend of French cinema tells you stories about making 'Belle de Jour' and other wonderful films, and eating great food. "

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" I was a teenager in the '80s, and I was always a bit dismissive of Houston, as I think a lot of people who considered themselves 'cool music fans' were. She was poppy, bubble gum, making music not considered very cool. But you can't help but dance to some of those songs or feel emotionally affected by 'I Will Always Love You.' "

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" Put someone on a horse looking cold and wet, and they don't have to act. They just are cold and wet. "

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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. "

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" I don't read many young adult books. "

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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 you want to do 'Sword & Sandals' movies, people think that means it equals 'epic.' "

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" When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience to love your subject. "

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" You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics painted on walls, and you realise he has this almost religious significance to the underclass of the world. He's a guy born in a hut with no bed, and now he's probably the most listened-to artist in the world. It's fascinating. "

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" In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama. "

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" In war films, even more than in other kinds of documentary, we've come to think that shaky, poor-quality footage is somehow more authentic than something classically 'well shot.' "

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" The thing with newspapers is that they are a filter. We're relying on the editors of that paper to be a filter and to tell you that this is worth reading about, this is quality, and this is quite reliable. "

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" For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to the art. "

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" I'm not doing any more music films! "

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" Despite the limitations of the bulky 16mm camera and 10-minute film magazines, 'The Anderson Platoon' feels as spontaneous and fresh as any films that have come out of the Afghan or Iraq wars. "

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" When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not really aware of what they are. "

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" Documentary makers use other people's lives as their raw material, and that is morally indefensible. "

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" It's interesting to me that the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and in the marches, people were singing 'Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.' "

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" I think we're all greedy. Who do you know who says, 'I have enough! I don't need any more!'? It's part of human nature. "

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" 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. "

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