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Steve James Quotes

I am deeply honored to be making ‘Life Itself,’ a documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, and to have had the full cooperation and enthusiasm of Roger and his wife, Chaz Picture Quote #1

It’s usually human drama that carries with it issues of race or class that attracts me. That was certainly the case with ‘No Crossover.’ Picture Quote #1

I’m endlessly fascinated with the ways families work and the ways they don’t Picture Quote #1

I love the idea of sharing some of what we find in the research phase with a select community of people early on as a perk for their donating, and then gauging their feedback Picture Quote #1

I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you’re going to get a better film; you’re going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust Picture Quote #1

One of the differences between real documentaries and reality television, besides the artificial construct of reality television, is that the people who are recruited to be on those shows, and the people who are interested in going on those shows, basically want to be famous. Or maybe they can win a million dollars or something Picture Quote #1

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It was no accident that I made ‘Hoop Dreams’ because it concerned a sport that I loved and hoped would be my dream, however far-fetched that turned out to be. Because of the success of that film, Hollywood pigeonholed me as a sports biopic guy, which led to ‘Prefontaine’ and two cable sports films Picture Quote #1

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel first championed my film, ‘Hoop Dreams,’ which was essential to its success. Roger remained a great supporter of my work throughout my career, and I’ll never forget him tweeting about ‘The Interrupters’ right before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011 Picture Quote #1

Generally, I don’t like publicity on docs in progress, much less ones that are only in development; I’ve always tried to stay under the radar in terms of any press, especially with regard to the subjects of the film. I don’t want them to be thinking about the film or funding or what the public reaction is going to be Picture Quote #1

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I am deeply honored to be making ‘Life Itself,’ a documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, and to have had the full cooperation and enthusiasm of Roger and his wife, Chaz (Steve James Quotes) It’s usually human drama that carries with it issues of race or class that attracts me. That was certainly the case with ‘No Crossover.’ (Steve James Quotes) I’m endlessly fascinated with the ways families work and the ways they don’t (Steve James Quotes) I love the idea of sharing some of what we find in the research phase with a select community of people early on as a perk for their donating, and then gauging their feedback (Steve James Quotes) I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you’re going to get a better film; you’re going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust (Steve James Quotes) One of the differences between real documentaries and reality television, besides the artificial construct of reality television, is that the people who are recruited to be on those shows, and the people who are interested in going on those shows, basically want to be famous. Or maybe they can win a million dollars or something (Steve James Quotes) It was no accident that I made ‘Hoop Dreams’ because it concerned a sport that I loved and hoped would be my dream, however far-fetched that turned out to be. Because of the success of that film, Hollywood pigeonholed me as a sports biopic guy, which led to ‘Prefontaine’ and two cable sports films (Steve James Quotes) Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel first championed my film, ‘Hoop Dreams,’ which was essential to its success. Roger remained a great supporter of my work throughout my career, and I’ll never forget him tweeting about ‘The Interrupters’ right before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011 (Steve James Quotes) Generally, I don’t like publicity on docs in progress, much less ones that are only in development; I’ve always tried to stay under the radar in terms of any press, especially with regard to the subjects of the film. I don’t want them to be thinking about the film or funding or what the public reaction is going to be. (Steve James Quotes)