Patty Jenkins Quotes

Patty Jenkins

Profession : Director

Birth : July 24, 1971

Every villain has their belief system that makes perfect sense to them.

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At the end of the day, making 'Monster' was unbelievably hard, as making any movie is. And the only thing that made it worth it is not those awards and all those kind of things that I can barely remember because I was so overwhelmed. It was really that night in the editing room, that day on set. It was those things.

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I think you need to have a strong vision of your own.

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New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.

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Hollywood is driven by beautiful faces. Always has been.

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My father was a fighter pilot, so I moved around the world when I was young. Then I ended up in Kansas. I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater even though I didn't want to act.

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That was devastating to me: how a bright, energetic kid could turn doomed and desperate.

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It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.

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Longevity of focus, I think, is the hardest part. You know it's to have a vision and then try to hold that vision and not have it change.

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There was a movie I was trying to make right after 'Monster,' a bigger behemoth: the Chuck Yeager story. It was a life dream, but it just didn't line up. We just had issues with the life rights, ultimately.

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As soon as I went to painting school in New York, I took an experimental film course, and everything clicked and came together. I realized my love of music and drama and the visual arts all came together. This happened in 1989. Since then, it's been a long road of educating myself in every possible way.

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I think making a film that you think is good and you believe in is going to be difficult forever.

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I can't stand characters with contradictory information.

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I have a long love of superhero films, and I'd been saying over and over again to my agents at CAA that I'd like to do one.

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Hollywood can't stand heroes who aren't sympathetic.

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Movies always had a captive audience, so they were able to do deeper, more complex things. Television was always about, 'Look at me now! Look at me now! Now go away!' That's starting to change.

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I was a closet Journey fan when I was growing up.

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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?

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It's rare that a character film is easy to fund.

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There are a lot of pretty actresses in Hollywood who try to act tough, and the audience laughs.

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