In documentaries, you're confronted with reality; you can not manipulate or move it.
“I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.”
“Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but he meant it's only when I'm acting in a play that I've got something to say about the world. And then why should I talk, when people can come to see it?”