“For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.” — Ira Sachs Quote

For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.

As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film.

You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.

I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way.

New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.

The thing about documentary is that you don't really choose your subjects: they come and grab you out of your bed.

Raman Raghav' was shot on location, but there are many stylistic things in it. I like this mixture of documentary and extreme stylization.

There's an amazing documentary, 'The Day After Trinity,' which is crazy good.

Objectivity is the purpose of documentary filmmakers.

There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you a little history on how America came to prominence. It's crazy - the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards.