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> [I was going to direct the movie 'Training Day', and I got fired. Denzel Washington didn't want me to direct the movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-was-going-to-direct-the-movie-training-day-and-i-got-fired-denzel/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

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## More by Davis Guggenheim

> [I do a lot of audio-only interviews at first just to capture a feeling and go deeper, as if you're having the most quiet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-do-a-lot-of-audio-only-interviews-at-first-just-to-capture-a/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [The more I work, the more I try to keep myself open like a raw nerve. When I feel things in a story, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/the-more-i-work-the-more-i-try-to-keep-myself-open-like-a-raw-nerve/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [Our schools are not geared toward building, preparing kids for the modern economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/our-schools-are-not-geared-toward-building-preparing-kids-for-the/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [Underneath it, in 'An Inconvenient Truth', we talked a lot about the unspoken decisions that people make in their heads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/underneath-it-in-an-inconvenient-truth-we-talked-a-lot-about-the/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [I was going to direct the movie 'Training Day', and I got fired. Denzel Washington didn't want me to direct the movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-was-going-to-direct-the-movie-training-day-and-i-got-fired-denzel/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [I don't like it when a filmmaker has an agenda and I don't know it. When the contract is not clear, that's when there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-don-t-like-it-when-a-filmmaker-has-an-agenda-and-i-don-t-know-it/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [I'm interested in a realization that's hiding beneath the surface, and maybe that's what documentaries can do best, is to try to unpack that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-m-interested-in-a-realization-that-s-hiding-beneath-the-surface-and/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [You look at the trajectories; and as our schools have declined, you see the other alternatives increase, private school, home schooling, all of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/you-look-at-the-trajectories-and-as-our-schools-have-declined-you-see/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [Too many documentaries are intellectual exercises. I want documentaries to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/too-many-documentaries-are-intellectual-exercises-i-want/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [Is being negative more journalistic for some reason? I don't know. But I don't set out to make puff pieces and I don't set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/is-being-negative-more-journalistic-for-some-reason-i-don-t-know-but/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [As a filmmaker, the most dramatic and the most dread-inspiring thing is when the audience can see more than the characters themselves can see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/as-a-filmmaker-the-most-dramatic-and-the-most-dread-inspiring-thing/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [I'm not one of these guys who thinks testing is the only thing. But testing is a piece but there has to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-m-not-one-of-these-guys-who-thinks-testing-is-the-only-thing-but/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [If you look at great reform, it always starts from parents. If you look at the movement to reform the special education movement, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/if-you-look-at-great-reform-it-always-starts-from-parents-if-you-look/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [I was a terrible student. When I went to Sidwell Friends, there were 100 kids in my class. I was the worst student, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-was-a-terrible-student-when-i-went-to-sidwell-friends-there-were/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

> [I don't set out to make movies about famous people, though I guess I have. I think what I set out to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davis-guggenheim/i-don-t-set-out-to-make-movies-about-famous-people-though-i-guess-i/)

[Davis Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davis-guggenheim/)

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