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" Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm. "
Kathryn Bigelow
Personal
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" I do have to say I have been very fortunate. "
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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 urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process. "
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" Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well. "
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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 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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" Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. "
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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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" I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film. "
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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 realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring. "
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" There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can. "
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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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" I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive. "
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" You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh. "
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" I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell. "
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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 like to be strong. "
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" I'm interested in social commentary. "
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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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" Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs. "
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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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