Kathryn Bigelow Quotes
22 Kathryn Bigelow quotes:
"My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy."
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"Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before."
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"My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one."
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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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"Art does imitate life, and the Rodney King beating was a real event. It's a part of all our consciousness, and there's no value in ignoring it."
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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 believe in censorship in any form."
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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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"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive."
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"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 refuse to stop making movies."
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"On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously."
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"Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm."
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"I like high impact movies."
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"If the film has a seductive nature at all, it's there to draw the viewer in, but I create the visuals in a way that seems absolutely inevitable to me."
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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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"You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that."
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"Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs."
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"One should make morals judgements for oneself."
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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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"The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process."
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