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" I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there. "
Kathryn Bigelow
Filmmaking
You
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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 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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" I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not. "
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" You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh. "
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" I like high impact movies. "
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" There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character. "
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" I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me. "
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" 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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" I don't know if I thrive in normal life. "
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" The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey. "
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" 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 really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences. "
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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 can't stand outside myself and be anybody else. "
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" 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
" 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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Purpose
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" You only have so much money to shoot a movie with. "
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" I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers. "
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Pieces
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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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Years
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" You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that. "
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Universe
You
Work
" Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way. "
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Action
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" My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one. "
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Painting
Movement
" 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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" The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process. "
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" I do have to say I have been very fortunate. "
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" It's totally thrilling to direct. "
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" Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological. "
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" I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker. "
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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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