Another Quote by Alex Gibney Download Open image “It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.” — Alex Gibney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Another Best Criticize Critics Difficult Filmmaker Job Left
Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I don't read critics, and I don't care what they say. You can't let them steal your soul. You do what the director and… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
I don't have any bone to pick with critics. In fact, if I wasn't a filmmaker I would probably be a film critic. Most… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point of my… — David Slade Copy Share Image
Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public. — Paul Emsley Copy Share Image
The filmmaker should make it, and then the critic should interpret it, period. If the director goes in there and starts telling you exactly… — Joseph M. Kahn 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
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job. — Owen Farrell Copy Share Image
I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with… — Cliff Curtis Copy Share Image
I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I have to mention that Taapsee and Ayushmann are my favorite actors - or stars, whatever you call them. I love them. Our thought… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
When a person partners with God in delivering a miracle to another person, they have done what they were supposed to do; God can… — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on… — Diplo Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown. — Ben Huh Copy Share Image
Everything about Washington is inconsistent, because they say one thing and do another, which is what my opponent, Claire McCaskill, is very, very good… — Sarah Steelman Copy Share Image
In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will,… — Martin Van Creveld Copy Share Image
I refuse to be one of those artists who, 10 years from now, they're bitter about the rise and the fall of their career.… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another. — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image