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Kathryn Bigelow

"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 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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"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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"Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before."
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"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."
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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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"My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one."
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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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"On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously."
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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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"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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"It's never a script that makes me decide to accept a film or not."

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"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."

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"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

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"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."

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"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."

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"I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself."

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"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

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"We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry."

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