Quotes By Kathryn Bigelow

My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible.

The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling.

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.

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.

On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.

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.

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

It's totally thrilling to direct.

I like to be strong.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.

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.

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

I'm interested in social commentary.

You only have so much money to shoot a movie with.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

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.

I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers.

I do have to say I have been very fortunate.

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.