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> [I don't think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you're trying to gamble on that, you've very foolish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/i-don-t-think-you-make-documentary-films-to-get-your-country-house-if/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

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## More by Liz Garbus

> [I think all of us, looking back on our careers and our lives, there'll probably be a "road not taken" that we'll regret and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/i-think-all-of-us-looking-back-on-our-careers-and-our-lives-there-ll/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [The Ancient Romans did not regard acts of genius to emanate from within an individual - but rather saw it as a collaboration between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/the-ancient-romans-did-not-regard-acts-of-genius-to-emanate-from/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [Managers all over the world will go crazy when their artists are not touting the party line and making things pretty in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/managers-all-over-the-world-will-go-crazy-when-their-artists-are-not/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [You know, and the fact that Nina Simone had to start playing in clubs and sing because her parents had moved north to support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/you-know-and-the-fact-that-nina-simone-had-to-start-playing-in-clubs/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [When your entire life is focused around one goal and one goal only, and you have no other pursuits, it enables you to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/when-your-entire-life-is-focused-around-one-goal-and-one-goal-only/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [There is so much investment in it of people's labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/there-is-so-much-investment-in-it-of-people-s-labor-time-that-it-will/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [In the Soviet Union, for instance, the pressure on the chess stars was immense. When Boris Spassky came home after losing that match, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/in-the-soviet-union-for-instance-the-pressure-on-the-chess-stars-was/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [If you look at the gifted sportsman, like Tiger Woods, or Ryan Giggs, you can see how they have been built up to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/if-you-look-at-the-gifted-sportsman-like-tiger-woods-or-ryan-giggs/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [I guess what I get excited about when I'm thinking about projects is that toothy, complex area of goodness and badness and the gray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/i-guess-what-i-get-excited-about-when-i-m-thinking-about-projects-is/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible for other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/bobby-fischer-was-hugely-important-for-the-american-chess-community/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [I don't think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you're trying to gamble on that, you've very foolish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/i-don-t-think-you-make-documentary-films-to-get-your-country-house-if/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [I think the combination of genius and celebrity, in the case of Bobby Fischer, was a dangerous cocktail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/i-think-the-combination-of-genius-and-celebrity-in-the-case-of-bobby/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [It has a lot to do with just sort of trust in the relationship that builds between the filmmaker and the subject. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/it-has-a-lot-to-do-with-just-sort-of-trust-in-the-relationship-that/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [Each project draws you in on its own merits as opposed to an intellectual choice of, "Well, I'm going to shift from vérité filmmaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/each-project-draws-you-in-on-its-own-merits-as-opposed-to-an/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

> [Every film I make I feel like I am getting a mini-masters degree, it's a wonderful life path and you get to immerse yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/every-film-i-make-i-feel-like-i-am-getting-a-mini-masters-degree-it-s/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

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