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Top 25 Kathryn Bigelow Quotes (2024 Update)

Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “War’s dirty little secret is that some men love it. I’m trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st century combat.”

1. “War’s dirty little secret is that some men love it. I’m trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st century combat.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don’t take ‘no’ very well.”

2. “Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don’t take ‘no’ very well.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “What’s most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That’s the holy grail.”

4. “What’s most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That’s the holy grail.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “There should be more women directing; I think there’s just not the awareness that it’s really possible.”

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

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “War’s dirty little secret is that some men love it.”

6. “War’s dirty little secret is that some men love it.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.”

7. “Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.”

8. “Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.”

9. “I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “Films don’t cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.”

11. “Films don’t cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “You never think the universe will reward your first choice – it just doesnt work like that.”

12. “You never think the universe will reward your first choice – it just doesnt work like that.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I don’t believe in censorship in any form.”

13. “I don’t believe in censorship in any form.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I’m definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I’m just not.”

14. “I’m definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I’m just not.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I don’t know if I thrive in normal life.”

15. “I don’t know if I thrive in normal life.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “For some individuals – some soldiers, some contractors – combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.”

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

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I’m interested in social commentary.”

18. “I’m interested in social commentary.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.”

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

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name of religion.”

20. “There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name of religion.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I’d love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point.”

21. “I’d love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “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.”

22. “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.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “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.”

23. “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.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy.”

24. “My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.”

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

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “It’s irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don’t.”

26. “It’s irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don’t.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “Character and emotionality don’t always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.”

27. “Character and emotionality don’t always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.”

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Kathryn Bigelow Quote: “With each project, I’m going for something that makes viewers think, ‘Wow, I’ve never seen a film like this before,’ and later think, ‘Wow, I’ve only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.’”

28. “With each project, I’m going for something that makes viewers think, ‘Wow, I’ve never seen a film like this before,’ and later think, ‘Wow, I’ve only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.’”

— Kathryn Bigelow

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