We have a responsibility to show the public the kinds of truths that they don’t see on the TV news or the Hollywood film. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
There’s a scene in ‘Medium Cool’ in which a young man walks by with a sign that says, ‘Sanity, please.’ If anything summarizes what I was feeling at that time, it is that sign. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
Making a film – particularly what I think is a good film – is the result of a team of people, and the end result has many, many hands on it. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
As a cameraman, I am interested in images and truth. Today, people are conditioned to accept lies if they are commercial lies. What we don’t see anymore is ethics. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
When they speak about ‘We the people…,’ we the people have to have a voice. It can’t just be the establishment voice. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
I am a Chicagoan. I feel like I’ve simply been on vacation for 10 years in Los Angeles. But Chicago is a real place, and L.A. is a motel. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
See, New York is over the hill. It’s swallowed up in its own garbage. And the people – I can’t stand the people. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
I don’t believe in publicity before a film is completed. It costs you money and wastes your energy, and you’re inflating your balloon before you have a balloon. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
Documentary people have to know that, particularly nowadays, they have to be on a mission. And part of the mission is to – is to be like good journalists: search for the truth, have an open mind, listen to as much as you can of different sides of things. Haskell Wexler Read Quote
The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are – the best thing of it is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody’s going to listen to it, and they’ll preface what I say, ‘Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.’ Haskell Wexler Read Quote
