Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.
Kathryn Bigelow

I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.
Kathryn Bigelow

I don't believe in censorship in any form.
Kathryn Bigelow

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.
Kathryn Bigelow

I like high impact movies.
Kathryn Bigelow

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

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.
Kathryn Bigelow

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
Kathryn Bigelow

On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
Kathryn Bigelow

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.
Kathryn Bigelow

One should make morals judgements for oneself.
Kathryn Bigelow

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
Kathryn Bigelow

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.
Kathryn Bigelow

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
Kathryn Bigelow

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.
Kathryn Bigelow

The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.
Kathryn Bigelow

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
Kathryn Bigelow

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.
Kathryn Bigelow

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.
Kathryn Bigelow

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.
Kathryn Bigelow