Documentary Subject Quotes

I've had three biographies made about my life so people know an awful lot about me.

I both didn't know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem, because he participated in the writing of the book and wanted people to see him as he truly is. As far as the cameras, Owen lives in the moment and the cameras really didn't distract him.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

Making a documentary about my hometown was always going to be the most difficult topic I had ever covered! No question.

I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.

The camera cannot leave the man, but the man can leave the camera. It's in the style of documentary where you make an agreement between a camera and a man and say, "I'm going to film you now."

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.