Top 31 Quotes by Gillian Armstrong

Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded.

There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.

Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun.

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills.

I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me.

After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on terrorism.

We need more drama on Australian TV. We've actually dropped the ball on that.

I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore.

Maybe not many women are going to film school.