Sports are the ultimate secular religion. Instead of being worried about whether your kids will be okay or how your job is going, you have your team, and you can focus all of your angst and your hopes and dreams on your team. I am in no way saying it always relieves any of this! Alex Gibney angstdreamfocus share on social
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 enronexecutivefelt Change image and share on social
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate. Alex Gibney celibatechristchurch Change image and share on social
Now, unfortunately, some prissy card-carrying members of the U.S. Constitution have made us all look bad by pointing out that many of the Gitmo detainees weren't guilty of anything. Whoops! Alex Gibney badcardcarry Change image and share on social
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 hardinternetneighbor Change image and share on social
When the producers of 'Why Poverty?' came to me to do a film about poverty in the United States, I asked if I could do a film about wealth instead. I tend to make films about perpetrators, rather than victims. Alex Gibney askfilmmake share on social
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 ideaincreasinglyinternet share on social
For years, the Bush Administration eviscerated all the military and legal structures that were designed to separate the innocent from the guilty in the 'Global War on Terror.' Alex Gibney administrationbushdesign Change image and share on social
When we were working on 'Taxi to the Dark Side,' we would purposefully not show it to certain people in the cutting room, because we would include a lot of horrible material and would need a fresh pespective. They would look at us and say, 'Are you out of your minds? You can't include that!' Alex Gibney cutdarkfresh share on social
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 baseballgamehome Change image and share on social