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Alex Gibney quotes: You can't expect the institution to learn, if it doesn't accept any sense of justice.

You can't expect the institution to learn, if it doesn't accept any sense of justice.

Alex Gibney quotes: When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

Alex Gibney quotes: I don't consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker.

I don't consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker.

Alex Gibney quotes: There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.

There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.

Alex Gibney quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

Alex Gibney quotes: The stuff about film being a collaborative medium is no joke.

The stuff about film being a collaborative medium is no joke.

Alex Gibney quotes: Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'

Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'

Alex Gibney quotes: What a terrible world it would be if we only did films that were poster boards for political causes.

What a terrible world it would be if we only did films that were poster boards for political causes.

Alex Gibney quotes: The job of a journalist is to find out stuff. The job of the government - sometimes - is to keep stuff secret. There's a natural tension there.

The job of a journalist is to find out stuff. The job of the government - sometimes - is to keep stuff secret. There's a natural tension there.

Alex Gibney quotes: Documentaries can embrace contradictions in a way that journalism can't.

Documentaries can embrace contradictions in a way that journalism can't.

Alex Gibney quotes: Even with a villain, you don't want him just to be some pockmarked punchbag.

Even with a villain, you don't want him just to be some pockmarked punchbag.

Alex Gibney quotes: In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.

In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.

Alex Gibney quotes: The Church must be all-powerful. You discover these horrors within institutions because predators find ways of hiding in plain sight.

The Church must be all-powerful. You discover these horrors within institutions because predators find ways of hiding in plain sight.

Alex Gibney quotes: Many people have this memory of traditional TV documentary-making that aims to portray pure reality, and I just don't see that as the only option.

Many people have this memory of traditional TV documentary-making that aims to portray pure reality, and I just don't see that as the only option.

Alex Gibney quotes: I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds.

I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds.

Alex Gibney quotes: No one likes documentaries.

No one likes documentaries.

Alex Gibney quotes: We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means.

We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means.

Alex Gibney quotes: '24' glamorizes torture. I don't think there's any other way of putting it.

'24' glamorizes torture. I don't think there's any other way of putting it.

Alex Gibney quotes: It's easy to get armchair analysts to talk, but to get people on the inside to talk is very, very hard.

It's easy to get armchair analysts to talk, but to get people on the inside to talk is very, very hard.

Alex Gibney quotes: Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

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

Alex Gibney quotes: The Bush administration will go down in history as the Torture Team.

The Bush administration will go down in history as the Torture Team.

Alex Gibney quotes: With every project I start out on, there's no footage. It's always a big slog to find the footage.

With every project I start out on, there's no footage. It's always a big slog to find the footage.

Alex Gibney quotes: It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.

It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.

Alex Gibney quotes: I'm a good learner. I can dig in. I knew nothing about mark-to-market accounting when I started the 'Enron' film.

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 quotes: Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide.

Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide.

Alex Gibney quotes: There are many people, including me, who admire the original mission of WikiLeaks.

There are many people, including me, who admire the original mission of WikiLeaks.