A biography for Patty Jenkinshasn’t been written yet.
“I grew up in a bit of a feminist fantasy with a single mom. I was totally shielded, in a way, from an idea that I couldn't do something.”
“I can't take on the history of 50 percent of the population just because I'm a woman.”
“I did not necessarily feel that Hollywood was interested in what I wanted to do. They wanted me to do what they wanted to do.”
“Superhero movies are so famous because of the metaphor that they trigger in one's self about who you could be if things were different.”
“When people are crass or loudmouthed, it's not because they don't give a damn. It's from fear and insecurity.”
“TV is really hard to break into. This may be the worst piece of advice, but make an independent film. TV oftentimes takes people who are established. The great benefit of not breaking in yet is purity of voice.”
“I know that I'm carrying a bit of a weight on my shoulders of what I do represents more than just myself as a director. I wish that wasn't true, but it is. It makes me think about doing work that I believe in and that I believe I can do well, probably even a hair more than I would otherwise.”
“I think that in superhero movies, they fight other people; they fight villains.”
“I have passed on a lot of things that would have been extremely lucrative, because they were nothing else.”
“New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.”
“I try not to buy into that whole, crazy 'you are what you drive' mentality here, but I wouldn't want to be seen in a Ford Fiesta - you know what I mean?”
“I always say that 'Star Wars' had a huge effect on me, too, but what 'Star Wars' did for some people, 'Superman' did for me.”
“If you want more diversity in the industry, you need diverse people writing scripts and developing them.”
“When I made 'Monster,' I didn't think about it being about a woman. I didn't think about that she was a lesbian. I was telling a story about a specific person who was tragic and looking for love in the world, and the more I could make her you, the more of a victory.”
“If you look at the history of Wonder Woman, you look at the iconography, the images that have kept her alive - they're not dark. The thing I think is so important to always keep in mind about her is how positive and bright and shiny she is - very much in the same way that Superman has been.”
“I remember when I read in the news that 'Wonder Woman' had been cast, and my heart sank. I had been talking to the studio for so long about doing it, and I was like, 'Well, 'that's that.' I'm sure we wouldn't have made the same choice.”
“To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the military.”
“I have a real pet peeve for women who play damaged characters but don't look damaged.”
“I think that what Wonder Woman stands for is gorgeous and incredible.”
“It's been my experience with damaged people: they don't wake up every day and wallow in the bad things that have happened to them.”