Alex Gibney Quotes
I would tell filmmakers: 'Don't just be seduced by the same old, same old. There are interesting things you can explore that may get your film out there to audiences better than the traditional distribution mechanisms.'
Quotes to Explore
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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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My mom was a single mother, raising my sister and me. My mom has an incredible talent for living in the world without traditional structure, and her friend, who was in advertising, put me in a commercial when I was five. It was just to make money.
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It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
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I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.
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I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.
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Be the chief but never the lord.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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In the eighteenth century, it was ladies and gentlemen and swings in a garden; today, it may be Campbell's soup cans or highway signs. There is no real difference. The artist still takes his everyday world and tries to make something out of it.
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I would tell filmmakers: 'Don't just be seduced by the same old, same old. There are interesting things you can explore that may get your film out there to audiences better than the traditional distribution mechanisms.'
