I probably wouldn't have done [ Fred Leuchter story] if it was just a story about an executioner or a holocaust denier, but the combination of the two elements was irresistible. So yeah, I find it strange that there are so many people out there now. Errol Morris More Quotes by Errol Morris More Quotes From Errol Morris You can't really trust anybody who doesn't talk a lot, because how would you know what they're thinking? Errol Morris knows thinking I like to think that I differ from other interviewers in the sense that I hide my agenda more successfully, and I'm more open to hearing stuff that is surprising and unexpected. That I'm actually involved in an investigation, through monologue, at times. Errol Morris agendas stuff thinking One of the strengths of my interviews is that I really, honest to God, have no idea what people are going to say. Errol Morris interviews people ideas The claim that everybody sees the world differently is not a claim that there's no reality. It's a different kind of claim. Errol Morris different reality world There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it. Errol Morris vested-interests avoiding interest Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge. When people ask, "Does Adi want revenge?" - they mean violent revenge. But in Nozick's formulation, it is revenge. That is the essence of revenge. Errol Morris essence revenge mean Truth and falsity is something that concerns language, it's a property of language. Errol Morris falsity concern language You can talk about a caption underneath a photograph being true or false, because there is a linguistic element. You can claim that a photograph is a picture of a horse or a cow, but it is the sentence that expresses the claim, which is true or false, not the photograph. Errol Morris true-or-false horse elements Language can be used to so many diverse ends. It can be used to clarify and, of course, it can be used to obfuscate, confuse, evade. Errol Morris used language ends I don't believe that you can talk about a photograph being true or false. I don't think such a claim has any meaning. Errol Morris true-or-false believe thinking I've never had any problem with crazy people. I like crazy people; I probably am a crazy person myself. Errol Morris myself crazy problem people I think an interview, properly considered, should be an investigation. You shouldn't know what the interview will yield. Otherwise, why do it at all? Errol Morris will think know you But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. Errol Morris amazing things you time People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie. Errol Morris lie new creative people If we're reading a first-person account, we know that each and every one of us, myself included, have a great desire to be seen in a certain way, or to be perceived in a certain way. It's unavoidable. Errol Morris great myself reading way We all know that yellow journalism didn't just happen a week ago or a month ago, that yellow journalism has probably been with us as long as journalism has been with us. Errol Morris know journalism yellow long I don't believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don't think that if it was grainy and full of handheld material, it would be any more truthful. Errol Morris truth-is style truth believe If everything was planned, it would be dreadful. If everything was unplanned, it would be equally dreadful. Errol Morris equally planned would everything Despite all of our efforts to control something, the world is much, much more powerful than us, and more deranged even than us. Errol Morris control something powerful world But I can say what interests me about documentary is the fact that you don't know how the story ends at the onset - that you are investigating, with a camera, and the story emerges as you go along. Errol Morris camera me you i-can
