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" I don't believe in censorship in any form. "
Kathryn Bigelow
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" It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. "
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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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" What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail. "
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" War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. "
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" I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring. "
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" 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. "
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" You only have so much money to shoot a movie with. "
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" I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not. "
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" Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way. "
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" You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh. "
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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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" I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling. "
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" I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there. "
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" My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible. "
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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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