Kathryn Bigelow

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

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

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.