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" I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not. "
Kathryn Bigelow
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Definitely
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" I do have to say I have been very fortunate. "
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" Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological. "
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" I don't believe in censorship in any form. "
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" My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have. "
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" I'm interested in social commentary. "
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" I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there. "
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" I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground. "
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Opportunity
Heart
" I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences. "
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Peak
" My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one. "
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Painting
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" Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm. "
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Norm
Becomes
" War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. "
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Little
Dirty
" Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs. "
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Quieter
More
" When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism. "
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Me
Film
Conscience
" I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker. "
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Like
Myself
Think
" 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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Involved
Years
King
" I don't know if I thrive in normal life. "
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Life
Know
Thrive
" You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh. "
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Order
Some
You
" 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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Film
Look
World
" I like high impact movies. "
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High
Like
Impact
" One should make morals judgements for oneself. "
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Make
Should
Oneself
" My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible. "
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Possible
Interest
Way
" 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. "
Kathryn Bigelow
Civilization
Now
Illusion
" 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. "
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Heroism
Moment
History
" 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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You
Important
Irrelevant
" I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film. "
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Hands
DNA
Film
" Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way. "
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Way
Action
Am
" It's totally thrilling to direct. "
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Totally
Direct
Thrilling
" Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. "
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Heroism
Courage
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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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Become
Film
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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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