Patty Jenkins Quotes
A woman doesn't have to direct a woman's film and a man doesn't have to direct a man's film; otherwise, where would we be?
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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Well, I can't figure out God.
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All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
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I've learned through experience that you can't ever predict what's going to happen with any show. When I signed on to 'Ugly Betty,' I just prayed that I wouldn't get fired after the pilot, and four years later, I was still doing it.
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You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
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I grieve for you, how I mourn for you, who are so very dear to me, but again I can rejoice within my heart, not for nothing 'have I labored,' neither has my exile been 'in vain.'
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I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.
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If civilization has an opposite, it is war.
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Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.
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When I left Milwaukee, and I had all these stories. I felt so responsible for people. It's a heck of a thing to do, to try to write someone's story.
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I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.
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The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.
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A lot of the traditional sitcom stuff I did - I think I could have gone that route when I was younger as a staff writer, and I just didn't want to.
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Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.
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As you talk to Heavenly Father and pour out your heart to Him, you will draw closer to Him. Then pause, stop, and listen to the feelings of your heart. Seek to understand the promptings of the Spirit. As you pray sincerely, you will come to feel Heavenly Father's great love for you.
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Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.
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: And it goes against the grain of building small tools.Innocent, Your Honor. Perl users build small tools all day long.
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I also remember when I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1990 at, like, age 15. That scared the crap out of me. Because it didn't operate inside the usual conventions of the horror genre in the way that I could accept. I can accept horny teenager counselors being murdered at camp. But I couldn't accept the derangement of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which was that anyone could be murdered at any moment - whole families, with no build-up music and no meaning. It terrified me.
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I believe, as they say, that you can't be what you don't see, and since I saw a lot of smart women in my life, education being at the center, I just mimicked that behavior.
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A woman doesn't have to direct a woman's film and a man doesn't have to direct a man's film; otherwise, where would we be?
