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

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

Kathryn Bigelow

Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

Kathryn Bigelow

I like high impact movies.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

Kathryn Bigelow

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

Kathryn Bigelow

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.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.

Kathryn Bigelow

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.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

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.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.

Kathryn Bigelow

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

Kathryn Bigelow

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.

Kathryn Bigelow

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

Kathryn Bigelow

You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that.

Kathryn Bigelow

I don't know if I thrive in normal life.

Kathryn Bigelow

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.

Kathryn Bigelow

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

Kathryn Bigelow

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.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow

I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.

Kathryn Bigelow

I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.

Kathryn Bigelow

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

Kathryn Bigelow

I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.

Kathryn Bigelow

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

Kathryn Bigelow