“I guess what I get excited about when I'm thinking about projects is that toothy, complex area of goodness and badness and the gray areas of human behavior and existence.” ThinkingHumansExistenceGoodnessBehaviorProjectsAreasComplexesExcitedGrayHuman BehaviorBadnessGray Area Author:Liz Garbus
“I think all of us, looking back on our careers and our lives, there'll probably be a "road not taken" that we'll regret and mourn. Certainly, artists will always feel that way, especially when the path taken was more commercial than the one not taken.” ThinkingWayFeelsArtistCareersPathTakenOur LivesRegretLooking BackMournRoad Not Taken Author:Liz Garbus
“I think the combination of genius and celebrity, in the case of Bobby Fischer, was a dangerous cocktail.” ThinkingCasesDangerousGeniusCombinationCocktailsFischer Author:Liz Garbus
“I don't think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you're trying to gamble on that, you've very foolish.” IfsThinkingTryingCountryFilmHouseFoolishDocumentariesGambleDocumentary FilmsCountry Houses Author:Liz Garbus
“There is so much investment in it of people's labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries that you might make that are sort of on assignment for television that turn around in three to six months. Then the margin can be much be better for you because you're not spending three-and-a-half years on it. So I think if you're doing documentary films, that's sort of the way to look at it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayYearsLooksMightFilmTurnsThreeHalfTelevisionMonthsSixLaborInvestmentSpendingMaking MoneyDocumentariesSix MonthsMarginsAssignmentsHalf A YearDocumentary Films Author:Liz Garbus
