Kathryn Bigelow Quotes

“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.”

“The result showed the wisdom of your orders.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“...we are partisan in favor of our own children and grandchildren, who we hope can live in a world that doesn't poison them when they drink the water, breathe the air, or make a living.”

“At a time when we need an urgent national conversation about how schools and curriculum should address the environmental crisis, we're being told that the problems we need to focus on are teacher incompetence, government monopoly, and market competition. The reform agenda reflects the same private interests that are moving to shrink public space-interests that have no desire to raise questions that might encourage students to think critically about the roots of the environmental crisis, or to examine society's unsustainable distribution of wealth and power.”

“Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.”