Gillian Armstrong quotes:

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  • The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

  • I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was 'Easy Rider' and 'Taxi Driver.' Everything was gritty.

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

  • It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV.

  • I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world.

  • Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons.

  • Maybe not many women are going to film school.

  • Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff.

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

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

  • When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen.

  • Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S.

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

  • Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.

  • 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.

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

  • Hollywood is a very old and very structured situation. There's still a lot of old boys at the top who have the money.

  • You rarely, in the professional world, have the chance to express yourself as an individual.

  • When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me.

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