Kathryn Bigelow Quotes
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
Quotes to Explore
-
What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.
-
I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.
-
I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.
-
Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.
-
Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.
-
We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
-
I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.
-
We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East.
-
I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or for the governor. I'm still trying to decide, but I do think people are ready for a change from the partisan, very fractured leadership we have in Texas.
-
To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you are not willing to get into the CEO job that way, there is no point getting into it.
-
Well I just always wanted to be a newspaper reporter.
-
My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
-
Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
-
But these young scholars who invade our hills, Bold as the engineer who fells the wood, And travelling often in the cut he makes, Love not the flower they pluck, and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.
-
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
-
For a workout, I love to hike or take a long walk. Being outside is crucial; I can't stand gyms.
-
It's exhausting being a woman.
-
I think marriage can sometimes turn things into a business. It stops being about feelings.
-
Children are precious gifts to us all.
-
Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity.
-
I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.
-
If you tell someone, 'Hey, your daughter is going to win a Nobel Prize someday,' it makes it less likely. If you say, 'Your son is in danger of dropping out in the ninth grade,' it could make it more likely.
-
Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there are no big stories, and politicians react randomly to every new crisis - leaving us bewildered and disorientated.
-
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
