Patty Jenkins Quotes
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When I'm on a movie, I'm unavailable every day for a year and a half. You can't do that with a little baby. Somebody might be able to do it, but not me.
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If you look at the history of Wonder Woman, you look at the iconography, the images that have kept her alive - they're not dark. The thing I think is so important to always keep in mind about her is how positive and bright and shiny she is - very much in the same way that Superman has been.
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I can't take on the history of 50 percent of the population just because I'm a woman.
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I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater, even though I didn't want to act. For some reason, being in Kansas, you can either be a graphic artist or a visual artist, so I decided, 'I guess I'm going to be a painter.'
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Being the person who gets to make a movie about Wonder Woman, of course, I take that incredibly seriously. I am a huge Wonder Woman fan, and the aspiration comes totally naturally to me.
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Superhero movies are so famous because of the metaphor that they trigger in one's self about who you could be if things were different.
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The thing about 'Wonder Woman,' which is very feminine and definitely different, is that her objective is to bring love and truth to mankind.
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I grew up very inspired by 'Superman One' and by kind of the promise of the genre of what a superhero origin story can do.
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I was aware that I was the first person of all time getting to direct a Wonder Woman film, and that was taken very seriously.
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When I made 'Monster,' I didn't think about it being about a woman. I didn't think about that she was a lesbian. I was telling a story about a specific person who was tragic and looking for love in the world, and the more I could make her you, the more of a victory.
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Just look at Gal Gadot when she smiles or when she meets somebody and shakes their hand. That is the embodiment of Wonder Woman. She is so beautiful and powerful, but kind and generous and thoughtful. She's just an amazing person.
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There are a lot of pretty actresses in Hollywood who try to act tough, and the audience laughs.
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There's the 7-year-old me that pretended to be Wonder Woman running around the schoolyard. Like, what an incredible thing to imagine that when the bully shows up or the villain, you would be strong enough to do something about it. But, also, you look like Lynda Carter while you're doing it - like, 'Oh, my God.'
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I have a high bar for myself already; I always want to do something beautiful and meaningful.
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To me, superhero movies are like Greek myth.
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If you want more diversity in the industry, you need diverse people writing scripts and developing them.
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I have a real pet peeve for women who play damaged characters but don't look damaged.
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My father was a fighter pilot, so I moved around the world when I was young. Then I ended up in Kansas. I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater even though I didn't want to act.
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To make a masterpiece would be my life's dream.
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I like to work, and I worked for years as a camera person before I directed.
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I have an aggressive streak of my own.
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It's not about superheroes. This is the method of universal storytelling that all people have... To me, they're the same as the Greek myths or the Roman myths or religious figures of every religion. These are common characters that we use to express stories about being a better person or what you would do when faced with various things.
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As soon as I went to painting school in New York, I took an experimental film course, and everything clicked and came together. I realized my love of music and drama and the visual arts all came together. This happened in 1989. Since then, it's been a long road of educating myself in every possible way.
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Longevity of focus, I think, is the hardest part. You know it's to have a vision and then try to hold that vision and not have it change.