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
I didn't go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen. Jonathan Demme filmlearnpublic Change image and share on social
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've never fallen into what I consider to be a trap of trying to figure out something analytically that could be a very popular film. I would hope my enthusiasm could match up with something with that potential. Jonathan Demme analyticallyenthusiasmfall share on social
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant. Jonathan Demme athleteberetchallenge Change image and share on social
I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There's no acting. I love it. Jonathan Demme actartificecinema share on social
Every film deserves its own unique look. Jonathan Demme deservefilmunique Change image and 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
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've been making films since the '70s and trying to develop that best possible fiction-film style that I feel is the most expressive. At a certain point, I felt I was winding up making the same film stylistically and I found that boring. Jonathan Demme 70sboredevelop share on social
