Kathryn Bigelow Quotes

American - Director | November 27, 1952 -

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

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I like high impact movies.

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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 don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling.

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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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Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

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Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

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I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.

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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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My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.

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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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Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding.

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