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" There was no model how to make a documentary production company work. I figured it out as I went along. "
Morgan Neville
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" Maybe this is my left-wing conspiracy theory, but the right has re-branded itself as kind of the everyman party: Who's the person you'd rather have a beer with? The Republican Party, even though it's a party of incredible wealth and corporate interests, has hidden behind this everyman quality. "
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" If the Olympic Spirit is about overcoming every hurdle and accepting no limits, then I think Samsung is a great ambassador for these values. "
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" I would argue that the culture is not the frosting on the cake: the culture is the plate the cake sits on. "
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" Docs, in general, are made in the edit bay, archival docs even more so. "
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" I think, in the West, we often discount the arts as nice but not that important. Certainly in America when we cut funding for schools, the arts are the first programs to go. But the arts built the things we need more than anything else: collaboration and co-operation and creativity. "
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" Harmony singing isn't meant to be done alone. "
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" So much of what we get on our news debate shows is really people spinning one way or the other, giving their talking points one way or the other. "
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" You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries. "
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" Music, like film, is an incredible tool for creating empathy. "
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" Everyone feels entitled to their own facts. "
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" In a weird way, our satirists probably have the most complicated, nuanced views of our politics now - Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver. I don't know what that says about our country. "
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" Success and singing is not synonymous. "
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" As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see how it translates. "
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" If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries. "
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" A lot of backup singers are really shy and don't want their life documented. They're not pining to be celebrity. They've had a front-row look at celebrity for a long time, and most people find out it's not for them. "
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" The presidential and vice-presidential debates are those rare moments when people come together, but to even call them debates is a stretch because they're played by such negotiated rules, and they're so over-rehearsed. "
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