There's a wide range today of documentaries on politics. The central mass of it is made by networks, and nothing's changed.
If I wanted to make something that actually made a difference roughly in this industry, I would make a documentary. That would be the closest I could come to actually try and make a difference.
I was the first independent to walk in with a documentary.
For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well.
There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure.
There's no money in documentaries.
It's hard to make a living doing documentaries. Frankly, if it takes you five years to do a film, and that's the only film you're doing, you're in trouble.
I had my own documentary that I filmed in D.C., which is where I'm from.