Even with a villain, you don't want him just to be some pockmarked punchbag. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Oscar always opens up doors, especially the night of the Oscars. On that night, you hold that gold man, and it's like… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of… — 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
It might kill you to say it, because the film really takes on the Catholic Church, but I do think there is… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
You have to assume once you go online, anything you put there can be made public. Yet while you're online, you feel… — 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… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
When we were working on 'Taxi to the Dark Side,' we would purposefully not show it to certain people in the cutting… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I would tell filmmakers: 'Don't just be seduced by the same old, same old. There are interesting things you can explore that… — 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
