Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Kirby Dick

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American film director Kirby Dick.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Kirby Bryan Dick is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor best known for directing documentary films. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary Feature for directing Twist of Faith (2005) and The Invisible War (2012). He has also received numerous awards from film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival.

American - Film director | Born: August 23, 1952

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Sometimes there's kind of an "ick" factor around talking about anything about gay sexuality, for certain readers.

Kirby Dick

What I don't understand is how a policy against outing trumps a policy of reporting. Whenever you're reporting on hypocrisy, you're kind of 'outing' something to begin with.

Kirby Dick

The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to themselves, "well, the closet is under the radar, I can do this."

Kirby Dick

I do think there are very few extreme right-wing gay Republicans. Although it depends how you define "extreme right-wing." They're making a political calculation.

Kirby Dick

What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.

Kirby Dick

There's a whole gay culture in DC, and there are as many gay Republicans as there are gay Democrats.

Kirby Dick

The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.

Kirby Dick

People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there.

Kirby Dick