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D. A. Pennebaker quotes: I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.

I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: Nobody would let us do 'Crisis' again.

Nobody would let us do 'Crisis' again.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.

Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.

To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!

I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.

People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.

Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: I had maybe heard 'The Times Are A-Changing' on the radio, but I had no idea who Dylan was. No idea.

I had maybe heard 'The Times Are A-Changing' on the radio, but I had no idea who Dylan was. No idea.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: I think nowadays people are so used taking the camera to the family picnic - so people are less surprised by films made of them, like home movies.

I think nowadays people are so used taking the camera to the family picnic - so people are less surprised by films made of them, like home movies.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: You can't point a camera at someone and find out what's in their head. But it does the next best thing - it lets you speculate.

You can't point a camera at someone and find out what's in their head. But it does the next best thing - it lets you speculate.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.

A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us. They work in the real world and earn money and are pretty good at it.

Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us. They work in the real world and earn money and are pretty good at it.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: It was interesting to shoot history as it happens, without anyone demanding a huge story.

It was interesting to shoot history as it happens, without anyone demanding a huge story.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists there's no room for democracy in making film.

I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists
there's no room for democracy in making film.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.

I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.

D. A. Pennebaker quotes: Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.

Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.