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Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person."

I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.




Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I'm in no way suggesting that I succeed, but it's inspiring to read somebody who does succeed and from whom, in a general way, you can draw examples and nourishment and sustenance."

I'm in no way suggesting that I succeed, but it's inspiring to read somebody who does succeed and from whom, in a general way, you can draw examples and nourishment and sustenance.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects."

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects.




Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive."

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works."

Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired."

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.




Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts."

Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot."

A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "If I worked in my apartment, I'd never leave my apartment."

If I worked in my apartment, I'd never leave my apartment.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "Even if I know I'm going to go to a church, I don't know what the minister's going to say."

Even if I know I'm going to go to a church, I don't know what the minister's going to say.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I'm drawn to making movies about contemporary life. The reason I choose institutions is because they provide a limit, a boundary."

I'm drawn to making movies about contemporary life. The reason I choose institutions is because they provide a limit, a boundary.




Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment, and luck."

I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment, and luck.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences."

My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence."

Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "Everything about a movie is manipulation."

Everything about a movie is manipulation.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "It is always a problem to know what an image means."

It is always a problem to know what an image means.



Frederick Wiseman Quotes: "I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's."

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.