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" When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me. "

Gillian Armstrong

Action

People

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" 'Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff. "

" You rarely, in the professional world, have the chance to express yourself as an individual. "

" It often takes a couple of years to get a script right and then takes a couple of years to get financing together. "

" Hollywood is a very old and very structured situation. There's still a lot of old boys at the top who have the money. "

" There's nothing like a fresh scone. "

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Fresh

" Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun. "

" It only happens once - that an actor is suddenly recognised as the star they are. "

" Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons. "

" Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be. "

" We need more drama on Australian TV. We've actually dropped the ball on that. "

Gillian Armstrong

Need

" I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me. "

Gillian Armstrong

Looking

" I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was 'Easy Rider' and 'Taxi Driver.' Everything was gritty. "

" When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen. "

" Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make. "

" There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes. "

" I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore. "

" Sure, you always put some of your own experience into a film. "

" I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.' "

" Maybe not many women are going to film school. "

" Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills. "

Gillian Armstrong

Out

Because

" I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one. "

" I never worried about topping myself. "

" The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch? "

" Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S. "

Gillian Armstrong

Australia

Relationships

" I would never do a sexist script. "

" Hollywood is hard on women. "

" It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV. "

Gillian Armstrong

Content

Drama

" Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded. "