Kathryn Bigelow famous quotes

With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.'
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Thinking #Netflix #Wow

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Movie #Inspiring #Two

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Film #Filmmaking #Transport

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 could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Art #Writing #Practice

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Cinema #Capacity #Physiological

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Dna #Hands #Needs

You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesnt work like that.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Thinking #Choices #Rewards

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Art #New York #Exercise

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Journey #Long #Matter

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Heroism #Submarines #Way

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Environment #Natural #Thrive

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

#Thinking #Seductive #Way

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Dream #Art #Dad

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Stars #Character #Worry

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

#Movement #Painting #Film

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Thinking #Awareness #Should

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Opportunity #Holy Grail #Relevant

I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Shooting #Stage

There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name of religion.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Animal #Names #Looks

I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Thinking #Film #Makers

I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Looks #Dramatic #Peak Experiences

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Film #Found #Very Inspiring

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Character #Thinking #Provocative

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Want #Stuff #Made

One should make morals judgements for oneself.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Judgement #Moral #Should

On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Believe #Hands #I Believe

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Soldier #Purpose #Kind

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

#Thinking #Way #Action

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

#Character #Simple #Directors

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

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

#Pilots

I do have to say I have been very fortunate.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

I don't believe in censorship in any form.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Believe #Censorship #Form

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

#Glasses #Trying #Ceilings

I don't know if I thrive in normal life.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Normal #Normal Life #Thrive

I like high impact movies.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Impact

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

#Shining #Heroism #Moments

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Important #Irrelevant

I'm interested in social commentary.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Social

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Movie #People #Trying

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Mean #Differences #Giving

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Favors #Wells

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Art #Numbers #People

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#War #Dirty #Men

I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Gender #Refuse

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. It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Thinking #Two #Important

I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Heart #Character #Opportunity

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Light #Television #Comedy

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.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#War #East #Looks

I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point.
-- Kathryn Bigelow

#Thinking #Waiting #Filmmaker