Kathryn Bigelow American Quotations

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

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.

If the film has a seductive nature at all, it's there to draw the viewer in, but I create the visuals in a way that seems absolutely inevitable to me.

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.

Art does imitate life, and the Rodney King beating was a real event. It's a part of all our consciousness, and there's no value in ignoring it.