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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

Topics: About Accounting Dig Enron Film Good Knew Learner Nothing Started I Can

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People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind what they're doing. You're entitled to lie because the end justifies the means.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Because Behind Big Doing Effectively End Entitled Feel Justifies Lie Means Particularly People Power Really Righteous Those Unless Who You

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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 you're doing, you're in trouble.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Documentaries Doing Film Five Frankly Hard Living Make Only Takes Trouble Years You

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I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Classic David Fully Goliath Issue Leaks Pro Publisher See Story Team Thought Very Wikileaks I See

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It would be hard to go to your neighbor and say the things people say on the Internet without getting punched out or having your tires slashed.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Getting Go Hard Having Internet Neighbor Out People People Say Punched Say Things Tires Without Would Your

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Why do we even need WikiLeaks? They're not the only organization that publishes leaks. And they don't have some special technology that allows them to post on the Internet with mirrored sites. The idea of WikiLeaks lives on, but as an organization, it's become increasingly irrelevant.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Become Even Idea Increasingly Internet Irrelevant Leaks Lives Need Only Organization Post Sites Some Special Technology Them Why Wikileaks

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I am furious at the way that we have allowed money to subvert our democracy. I am appalled at the way that the U.S., a very wealthy nation, permits and even encourages a level of poverty that other wealthy nations would not even consider.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Allowed Am Appalled Consider Democracy Encourages Even Furious Level Money Nation Nations Other Our Permits Poverty Very Way Wealthy Would I Am

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Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Between Critical Democracy Dialogue Fostering People Understanding Views

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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 radical became a secret-keeper instead of a secret-leaker. And that, I think, is a big problem.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Became Big Big Problem Both Came Feel His Instead Mission Own Paranoid Problem Radical Think Transparency Ultimately Undermined Ways I Think I Feel

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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Because Did Enron Everybody Executive Executives Felt Film Mock Moment More Producers Remember Remember When Should Strongly Time Very Wanted I Remember

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: October 23rd, 1953

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