Top 76 Quotes & Sayings by Morgan Neville - Page 2

I never got into making documentaries for any kind of success, because documentary careers are generally ones of prolonged failures.

Harmony singing isn't meant to be done alone.

I wish I didn't care about what people thought as much as Keith Richards doesn't care.

I think of myself as a cultural filmmaker.

Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character.

At the beginning of the '70s, everything was possible.

You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries.

If I told my 14-year-old self that I'd be hanging out with Keith Richards talking about records, my head would've exploded.

To be a backup singer, you have to walk into any situation and just be perfect from the first take to the 50th take.

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.

The show with Buckley and Vidal was happening live. There was no editing. There was no delay. So they were aghast. How America reacted is sort of the most interesting thing because as these debates progressed, the ratings were going up. So people began to program these sort of point-counterpoint setups, where two people with opposite sides would come on.

I feel like there's a randomness in real life that too many Hollywood movies just shave off. It feels too intentional, and life just isn't that intentional. I like popcorn movies. I like entertaining movies. But, I feel like I could do something more in the real world.

When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains. You have to think of them as people first.

You always want to make the best film you can. If anything I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like I have a chance to just tell the stories I want to tell and it's actually been really nice.

One of the challenges was to make a cinematic movie about literally talking heads and to try to make it feel like something you want to see in a theater.

Buckley and Vidal were both stand-ins for what was happening on the streets of Chicago and the streets of America. I mean, they're representing these two different camps that are at war in the streets. And they're at war with their words. And each was looking for a knockout.