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" There's this fascination in America that more is better: we want that procedure. And more is not necessarily better when it comes to health care. We as consumers really need to understand that. "

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" I think it doesn't matter, the color of your skin; it doesn't matter where you are from. It matters how you relate to people, how you connect with people, and the open-mindedness with which you approach the subject. That's to me what matters when you are making a film, not who you are or where you are from. "

Matthew Heineman

Think

You

Skin

" I barely speak Spanish. "

" I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story. "

" I don't start out making films with a certain goal in mind. "

" Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There are a ton of great movies that don't get in and go on and do wonderfully. "

" There's a wide range of motivations that led folks to patrol the border, to be part of Arizona Border Recon. "

" Bombs are not going to fix ISIS. "

" My favorite way of making films - and what has allowed me to get key scenes in 'Cartel Land' and 'City of Ghosts' - has been when I've been able to operate alone. "

" Health is the one thing we all have in common regardless of race, creed, or income. Everyone should participate in creating the solutions. "

" I'm not a war reporter. "

Matthew Heineman

War

Reporter

" You can't win a battle against an idea with bombs, with guns, or militarily. "

" In my humble opinion, propaganda is one of the most evil tools humans have used against humans throughout history to justify wars, justify atrocities, justify evil. ISIS has taken it to a new extreme. "

" It's hard making people sitting in hotel rooms interesting. "

" I think health care is incredibly, incredibly important. "

" Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country. "

" The story is supposed to change; it's supposed to evolve. In making 'Cartel Land,' I ended up with a much, much different story than I started with. "

" What Americans desperately need is a way to transition from the current system - which is fragmented and focuses on high-cost, high-tech interventions after illness strikes - to a modern system that delivers coordinated, high-touch, lower-cost, patient-centered care with an emphasis on primary care and prevention. "

" With newspapers cutting foreign bureaus and budgets shrinking for long-form, investigative journalism, documentary filmmakers are often filling a void nowadays in the media landscape with their ability to spend time with their stories and subjects. "

" We have this fascination that more is better, and we - what we learned was more isn't better ; that more care can actually hurt you. That fascination with the quick fix is often hurting us. One-third of health-care spending doesn't even improve health care. "

" At medical centers such as the Cleveland Clinic and Kaiser Permanente, teams of doctors and nurses provide coordinated care while working for salary instead of getting paid for every procedure. "

" Growing up in the digital age of filmmaking, I'm as guilty as anyone of overshooting. "

Matthew Heineman

Growing Up

Growing

" I went on a cross-country trip with three buddies to find out what our generation is about. I bought a video camera, started shooting, learned as I went, and ended up with 'Our Time,' a feature-length documentary about what it's like to be young in America. I was hooked. "

" We mainly shot 'Cartel Land' with the Canon C300. The camera was dropped, smashed, hit by guns, in dust storms, torrential rain, and it never, ever failed. "

" The contrast of ISIL's videos - which proclaim a fully-functioning and prosperous state - with those of RBSS, which captured the dysfunction and violence of everyday life, is shocking. In a sense, it's a war of ideas, a war of propaganda, a war being waged with cameras and computers, not just guns. "

" Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries. "

" So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days. "

" I have faith in an audience being able to interpret complex material. "

" I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea. "

" Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change. "

" We as a society need to become healthier. "