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" Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way. "
Kathryn Bigelow
Way
Action
Am
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" I like high impact movies. "
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" There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. "
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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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" I don't know if I thrive in normal life. "
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" I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences. "
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" I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers. "
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" 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. "
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" I do have to say I have been very fortunate. "
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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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Reach
" Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs. "
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Quieter
More
" I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me. "
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" I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film. "
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DNA
Film
" I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going. "
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Want
Comfortable
" You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that. "
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You
Work
" I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there. "
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" Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects. "
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Jordan
Very
Some
" 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
Heroism
Moment
History
" My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible. "
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Interest
Way
" I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring. "
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Inspiring
Approach
More
" I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive. "
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Violence
Think
" You only have so much money to shoot a movie with. "
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You
Money
Movie
" Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm. "
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Personal
Norm
Becomes
" I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently. "
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I Think
Drawn
Find
" I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else. "
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Else
Outside
Myself
" You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh. "
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Order
Some
You
" The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process. "
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Purge
Urge
Up
" I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell. "
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Anything
Did
" For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. "
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Soldiers
" I don't believe in censorship in any form. "
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Believe
Any
Censorship