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I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films. – Ken Burns

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I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what were lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and its worse than fear – its active disengagement. – Ken Burns

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People tend to forget that the word “history” contains the word “story”. – Ken Burns

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I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a people. I think that jazz is a spectacularly accurate model of democracy and a kind of look into our redemptive future possibilities. – Ken Burns

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The thing thats protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits. – M. Night Shyamalan

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I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies theyre so beautiful to look at. Its such a shame we dont make them anymore. Although, I dont know how you could make tap dancing current and topical. – Jamie Bell

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Its the contemporary woman that movies dont know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners. – James Wolcott

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