The message films that try to be message films always fail. Likewise with documentaries. The documentaries that work best are the ones… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
In the case of 'Zero Dark Thirty,' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, an issue that is central to the film… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I'm a good learner. I can dig in. I knew nothing about mark-to-market accounting when I started the 'Enron' film. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
When the producers of 'Why Poverty?' came to me to do a film about poverty in the United States, I asked if… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Critics can say what they like about the films, but very often, there's a certain expectation of documentaries that they're supposed to… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Sports are the ultimate secular religion. Instead of being worried about whether your kids will be okay or how your job is… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played sports a lot. My mom and dad were divorced, but I hung out in the… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I'm not sure why, but I seem to be drawn to stories about abuses of power. But I'm also drawn, not so… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James Brown recently;… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Jobs' incredible skill was as a storyteller, a salesman. He could captivate our imaginations and reel us in. He was more P.T. Barnum than… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
The internet connects us all and provides this fabulous fact-checking mechanism, and yet at the same time, the power of lies is conveyed much… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
With every project I start out on, there's no footage. It's always a big slog to find the footage. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Bill Gates, who is the classic computer nerd, as opposed to Steve who is, like the coolest guy in the world. And who is… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
If people are portrayed as monsters, we become disconnected from them, and to me that is not remotely interesting. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Even with a villain, you don't want him just to be some pockmarked punchbag. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
You see the natural progression of what happens when the executive gets power and then a new executive comes in. The new executive doesn't… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
The Barack Obama Administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined. That's a staggering record. And it comes from a president who… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I feel that Julian Assange came to be both paranoid and self-regarding in ways that ultimately undermined his own mission. And so, the transparency… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
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… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
