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" I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers. "
Kathryn Bigelow
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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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" 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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" 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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" I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell. "
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