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To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.

I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.

Patricia Riggen

I finally, you know, moved to Mexico City, where the film industry is. I started working there as a producer, which is a very, very valid thing for women to do, because we always produce for men, right?

Patricia Riggen

The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The air you breathe, the stones that fall on your head, we had to be on guard.

Patricia Riggen

I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.

Patricia Riggen

The only thing I have is instinct and intuition and just staying very, very connected to the moments and try to bring in what your gut is telling you.

Patricia Riggen

Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.

Patricia Riggen

To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.

Patricia Riggen

It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.

Patricia Riggen

There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.

Patricia Riggen

I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.

Patricia Riggen

I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.

Patricia Riggen

Every single line, every single thing has to be fought over. There's kind of like an intrinsic doubt from absolutely everyone in my crew, my producer, everyone. It's not just the film industry - it's a worldwide thing. It's the culture of the world to doubt women.

Patricia Riggen

Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.

Patricia Riggen

When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.

Patricia Riggen

If your film is in English, it makes it that much easier to get a wide release.

Patricia Riggen

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.

Patricia Riggen

It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.

Patricia Riggen