I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something's going on, somebody's going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go. Jonathan Demme cameradocumentaryease share on social
I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films. Jonathan Demme documentaryfilmhitchcock Change image and share on social
I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s. Jonathan Demme 60sjournalistlate Change image and share on social
Documentaries - my God, there is so much going on in our country and in the world today that every time you open the newspaper or turn on the radio or watch the news on TV there is another documentary subject. We're getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what's really the story there? Jonathan Demme corporatecountrydelivery share on social
I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about. Jonathan Demme documentaryenthusiasticfiction Change image and share on social
Every film deserves its own unique look. Jonathan Demme deservefilmunique Change image and share on social
A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things. Jonathan Demme abstractapplynotion Change image and share on social
They're out there, this appalling idea that there are companies that profit - not just profit but profit enormously - through war. Jonathan Demme appallcompanyenormously Change image and share on social
I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters. Jonathan Demme actorcharacterfull Change image and share on social
As much as I love acoustic Neil Young - and I do deeply - I may be more passionate about the electric. Luckily it's not a contest, and we never have to make that choice. But Neil Young on an electric guitar - I feel like I've never seen or heard anything like it. Jonathan Demme acousticchoicecontest share on social