I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live. Perhaps just because I just came off "The Hurt Locker" (2008) and I'm thinking of the war and I think it's a deplorable situation. It's a great medium in which to speak about that. This is a war that cannot be won, why are we sending troops over there? Well, the only medium I have, the only opportunity I have, is to use film. There will always be issues I care about.
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive. - Kathryn Bigelow
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm. - Kathryn Bigelow
Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
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. - Kathryn Bigelow
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.
Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendou… - Kathryn Bigelow
Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendou…
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 r… - Kathryn Bigelow
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 r…
Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author co… - Kathryn Bigelow
Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author co…
The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey. - Kathryn Bigelow
The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.
Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well. - Kathryn Bigelow
Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. - Kathryn Bigelow
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
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