A biography for Kathryn Bigelowhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.”
“I don't know if I thrive in normal life.”
“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.”
“I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.”
“I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.”
“I'm interested in social commentary.”
“War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.”
“Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.”
“I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.”
“I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.”
“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.”
“I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.”
“The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.”
“You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that.”
“I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.”
“It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.”