Errol Morris Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Photographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things.”

“A movie is like a tip of an iceberg, in a way, because so little of what you do in connection with making a movie actually gets into the movie. Almost everything gets left behind.”

“People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.”

“But I can say what interests me about documentary is the fact that you don't know how the story ends at the onset - that you are investigating, with a camera, and the story emerges as you go along.”

“When 'The Thin Blue Line' came out, I was criticized by many people for using reenactments, as if I wasn't dedicated to the truth because I filmed these scenes. That always and still seems to be nonsensical.”

“If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a documentarian, however you want to describe it - part of what I do has to be the pursuit of the truth.”

“I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.”

“My advice to all interviewers is: Shut up and listen. It's harder than it sounds.”

“I think an interview, properly considered, should be an investigation. You shouldn't know what the interview will yield. Otherwise, why do it at all?”

“If you think you're going to create an unposed photograph, think again. There is no such thing.”