A biography for Kathryn Bigelowhasn’t been written yet.
“Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects.”
“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.”
“I like to be strong.”
“I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.”
“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.”
“I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.”
“One should make morals judgements for oneself.”
“I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not.”
“I like high impact movies.”
“I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling.”
“When he brought it to me four years ago, Rodney King had just arrived, I was involved in the clean-up of L.A. and I guess it was part of my experience.”
“You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.”
“Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding.”
“There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.”
“For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.”
“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.”
“Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.”
“I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.”
“I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers.”