Gillian Armstrong Quotes

Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills.

- Gillian Armstrong

I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was 'Easy Rider' and 'Taxi Driver.' Everything was gritty.

- Gillian Armstrong

Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons.

- Gillian Armstrong

It often takes a couple of years to get a script right and then takes a couple of years to get financing together.

- Gillian Armstrong

When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me.

- Gillian Armstrong

Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S.

- Gillian Armstrong

'Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff.

- Gillian Armstrong

Hollywood is a very old and very structured situation. There's still a lot of old boys at the top who have the money.

- Gillian Armstrong

I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world.

- Gillian Armstrong

Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded.

- Gillian Armstrong

It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV.

- Gillian Armstrong

There's nothing like a fresh scone.

- Gillian Armstrong

I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.'

- Gillian Armstrong

I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me.

- Gillian Armstrong

I never worried about topping myself.

- Gillian Armstrong

Maybe not many women are going to film school.

- Gillian Armstrong

Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.

- Gillian Armstrong

I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore.

- Gillian Armstrong

It only happens once - that an actor is suddenly recognised as the star they are.

- Gillian Armstrong

I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one.

- Gillian Armstrong

You rarely, in the professional world, have the chance to express yourself as an individual.

- Gillian Armstrong

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

- Gillian Armstrong

There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.

- Gillian Armstrong

After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on terrorism.

- Gillian Armstrong

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

- Gillian Armstrong

I would never do a sexist script.

- Gillian Armstrong

When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen.

- Gillian Armstrong

We need more drama on Australian TV. We've actually dropped the ball on that.

- Gillian Armstrong