On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Believe, Repair, Other, Breakdown
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
Worry, Star, Reaction, Anticipate
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, Think, New, Precepts
I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Me, Filmmaking, Transport, Immerse
The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Process, Ongoing, Material, Purge
What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Relevant, Most, Entertaining, Topical
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
Give, Movie, Might, Budget
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Think, I Think, Very, Context
Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Country, Some, Very, Jordan
You only have so much money to shoot a movie with.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Money, Movie, Only, So Much Money
Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Character, More, Always, Constructs
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.
- Kathryn Bigelow
King, Part, Brought, Rodney
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, Audience, Limited, Whereas
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, Which, By-Product, Cold War
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
Gender, Making, Reasons, Obstacle
One should make morals judgements for oneself.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Morals, Should, Make, Judgements
I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Environment, Very, Feels, Thrive
I don't know if I thrive in normal life.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Life, Know, Normal, Thrive
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
Comparison, Some, Which, Contractors
You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.
- Kathryn Bigelow
You, Some, Point, Fresh
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
Explore, Original, Allow, Fresh
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Film, Before, Our, Prowess
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Muscular, Very, Realised, Film-Making
Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Personal, Something, Becomes, Norm
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
History, Communist, Regime, Heroism
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.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Country, Tension, Amount, Tremendous Amount
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Think, More, I Think, Directing
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.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Think, Like, Set, Directing
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, Either, Directed, Respond
Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.
- Kathryn Bigelow
The Only Thing, Very, Am, Tenacious
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
I Think, Figures, Dad, Cartoonist
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Think, I Think, Characters, Consistently
Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Capacity, Physiological, Cinema
I don't believe in censorship in any form.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Believe, Form, Any, Censorship
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Painting, Film, Very, Conscious
I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Like, Going, Made, Adrenaline
I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Hands, Need, Film, DNA
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.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Which, Brought, Jay, Elements
I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Myself, Think, Like, Suppose
I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Try, Glass, Break, Ceiling
I do have to say I have been very fortunate.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Say, Been, Very, Fortunate
I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Outside, Anybody, Else, Anybody Else
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Dramatic, Allow, Material, Peak
I like high impact movies.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Movies, High, Like, Impact
I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Own, Always, My Own, Pieces
I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Shooting, Stage, Definitely, Drawn
The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Journey, Politics, Venue, Film
I like to be strong.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Strong, Like, Be Strong
I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Love, Sell, Did, Pilot
War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Love, Men, Some, Dirty
You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that.
- Kathryn Bigelow
Think, Will, Like, Reward
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