Quote by Ken Burns
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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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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I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content. – Ken Burns

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I think if you do something effectively whether youre the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play movies are very expensive to make. Chances are youll get asked to play that part again. – Christopher Walken

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James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of technology in his movies. – Joe Morton

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Cinema is a matter of whats in the frame and whats out. – Martin Scorsese

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Its something I never dreamed Id be doing, making movies. – Jason Statham

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