Graeme Souness Quotes

I'm not one of those people who sees documentaries as a stepping stone to doing fiction. I love documentaries and watch tons of documentaries. But, I like fiction films a lot, too.

I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.

I look for the dark story, where something secret was done. I read and read and pick up the trail of a true story. I use nothing but true stories. They are so much better than phony ones.

There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.

I want to see that 'Anita' documentary. I want to see 'Lovelace'; I want to see 'After Midnight,' because I saw the other two and I loved them. I thought the last one was great.

I've done a lot of movies based on real people, real situations, non-fiction books, magazine articles, life rights.

It's wonderful to do these great blockbusters and bigger pictures, but my heart is always with true stories.

Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.

The name of the album is 'Non-Fiction'. And, I'm calling it that because the name of every song on this album is derived from a true story. Now, some of the stories are mine. Some of the stories belong to some of my fans.

Even the two novels I've written were based on true stories. It's how I'm wired - real life is fascinating and fantastical enough. The kind of journalism I did unpeeled lids from cans otherwise sealed.

I'm a big fan of non-fiction, and I am a believer that fact is much more exciting than fiction.

I prefer non-fiction to fiction. In fact, I don't read fiction at all. I read books that are based on true events.

I mostly like documentaries, so I always think things that happened in real life are so astounding that why would you make a movie about something fake.

I'll sit down for 'Stranger Things' or 'The Handmaid's Tale' - or a really good documentary.

I've always loved the genre of gangster films.

Everybody tells me to only do action films, but I would love to do horror, too.

I'm not into comedies that are joke-driven.

I'm staying in my wheelhouse, not making any romantic comedies in a hurry.

I love documentaries and TED talks.

I'd like a balance of class and mass films.

I like genre films.

I've always wanted to do a horror film. I don't know if my agent will be happy I said that when I get sent some crap horror films, but I'd like to do a good one, like 'It Follows,' or 'The Babadook.'

I'm not going to work outside of genre. It's going to be horror, action, or sci-fi. I don't ever really see myself being interested in movies outside of that.

Non-fiction or documentaries can tell any kind of a story because they don't have to adhere to the rules of what's possible. When you're making something up, you have to say, 'Well, this is what would happen here,' but in reality, stuff happens that seems impossible.

I don't enjoy doing over-the-top action entertainers.