Alex Gibney Quotes
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.
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I like wearing things that are a bit off but not in a ridiculous 'I'm wearing a huge hat' kind of way. More a socks with sandals way.
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I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
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Looking after a disabled child pushes you to the limits of what you can cope with... physically, emotionally. It's because there's this baby, this child that you love more than you can possibly imagine, in some way more than a normal child because you worry about them 24 hours a day. But at the same time you are so, so proud of them.
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I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.
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Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa.
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It's, like, your classic journey from a drama school. I went straight to the three-year acting degree, and I waitressed throughout that to support myself and for the first six months after I graduated. Then I started to get commercials here and there, and then I got a couple of roles in Australia and then a more regular role on a TV series.
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I guess life offers you opportunities to live your dream. We just have to accept what comes our way and live those moments completely. You will not get back this time again, so live every moment you get.
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It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times.
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When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it.
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I feel naked without my rings, and don't like walking out of the house without them, even if they do tear half of my sweaters and stab my friends in the eye.
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We must take all that territory away from ISIS.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.
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I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.
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I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.
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Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.
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Ask God for the grace to live for Him and continue to live in Him. Right now, surrender it all to Him.
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To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.
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By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.
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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.
