Alex Gibney Quotes
I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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The world needs some help.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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You know what so funny, this strike has been going on for a long time. It's lasted longer than the Civil Rights movement, what the hell is this? It's painfully obvious to me white people don't know how to protest. You need like an Al Sharpton, have a dream, go to the mountaintop, do something!
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You don't want a movie to have a lot of awards and no audience.
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I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan.
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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
