Kathryn Bigelow Quotes
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Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.
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War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.
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When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.
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I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.
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For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.
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I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.
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It's totally thrilling to direct.
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I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not.
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I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
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I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.
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I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.
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There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can.
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I don't know if I thrive in normal life.
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My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.
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If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.
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On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
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Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.
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There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.
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Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.
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I'm interested in social commentary.
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I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
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One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.
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I do have to say I have been very fortunate.
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Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.