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" I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me. "
Gillian Armstrong
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" Hollywood is a very old and very structured situation. There's still a lot of old boys at the top who have the money. "
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" 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. "
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Me
Action
People
" I never worried about topping myself. "
Gillian Armstrong
Myself
Never
About
" It often takes a couple of years to get a script right and then takes a couple of years to get financing together. "
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Get
Right
Takes
" I would never do a sexist script. "
Gillian Armstrong
Never
Script
Sexist
" It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV. "
Gillian Armstrong
Content
TV
Drama
" Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills. "
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Out
Up
Because
" Sure, you always put some of your own experience into a film. "
Gillian Armstrong
Your
Experience
Always
" 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. "
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Action
Now
Smart
" '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
Gender
Women
Think
" 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
America
Ask
Know
" Hollywood is hard on women. "
Gillian Armstrong
Women
Hollywood
Hard
" Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be. "
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Young
Artist
Rather
" After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on terrorism. "
Gillian Armstrong
Even
Worrying
More
" Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded. "
Gillian Armstrong
Australia
Amazing
Designers
" I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world. "
Gillian Armstrong
Amazing
Costume
World
" We need more drama on Australian TV. We've actually dropped the ball on that. "
Gillian Armstrong
More
Need
TV
" 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
Off
Alone
Bored
" Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make. "
Gillian Armstrong
She
Women
Strong
" Maybe not many women are going to film school. "
Gillian Armstrong
Going
Film
Many
" There's nothing like a fresh scone. "
Gillian Armstrong
Like
Nothing
Fresh
" 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
Time
Think
People
" Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S. "
Gillian Armstrong
Australia
More
Relationships
" 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
Who
You
Hollywood
" You rarely, in the professional world, have the chance to express yourself as an individual. "
Gillian Armstrong
World
Professional
Yourself
" When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen. "
Gillian Armstrong
Old
Before
Big
" It only happens once - that an actor is suddenly recognised as the star they are. "
Gillian Armstrong
Actor
Happens
Once
" 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
Going
Credibility
Drama
" Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun. "
Gillian Armstrong
Women
Fun
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