American - Director | November 27, 1952 -
The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.
Kathryn Bigelow
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The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.
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When he brought it to me four years ago, Rodney King had just arrived, I was involved in the clean-up of L.A. and I guess it was part of my experience.
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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.
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When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism.
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You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that.
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My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.
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I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
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I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
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There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can.
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There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.
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I do have to say I have been very fortunate.
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