“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“There's this movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Some have complained that too many 'secrets' were dished out by the intelligence and special operations communities to director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal and their crew, part of a broader pattern of using intelligence for political effect.”