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" I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing. "

Patricia Riggen

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" I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it's brilliant! "

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" I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English. "

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" I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and had to fight a lot. "

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" When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it. "

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" I am tired of having to prove myself constantly, even after being hired. Every single day, every single idea, I need to prove myself. I am tired of it! "

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" If your film is in English, it makes it that much easier to get a wide release. "

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" I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater. "

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" I finally, you know, moved to Mexico City, where the film industry is. I started working there as a producer, which is a very, very valid thing for women to do, because we always produce for men, right? "

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" I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film. "

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" Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much. "

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" I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director. "

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" I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors. "

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" Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes. "

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" I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.' "

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" To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time. "

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" There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget. "

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" I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was. "

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" I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina. "

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" I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change. "

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" It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film. "

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" I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break. "

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" It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman. "

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" The idea that women compete or don't like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each other, that's a big miss. That is not true at all. At all. My women connect with each other instantly and help each other. "

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" Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie. "

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