If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like. — Patty Jenkins Cinema Copy Share Image
That was devastating to me: how a bright, energetic kid could turn doomed and desperate. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
We're all always wondering about our own limits, what we're capable of. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I have a real pet peeve for women who play damaged characters but don't look damaged. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
The education of going through the 'Thor' experience was great. — Patty Jenkins Comic Copy Share Image
I like to work, and I worked for years as a camera person before I directed. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I have a high bar for myself already; I always want to do something beautiful and meaningful. — Patty Jenkins Bar Copy Share Image
It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I love that duality of Wonder Woman: that she both wants peace and means peace, but when push comes to shove and… — Patty Jenkins Comic Copy Share Image
It's been my experience with damaged people: they don't wake up every day and wallow in the bad things that have happened… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
A woman doesn't have to direct a woman's film and a man doesn't have to direct a man's film; otherwise, where would… — Patty Jenkins Cinema Copy Share Image
I did not necessarily feel that Hollywood was interested in what I wanted to do. They wanted me to do what they… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
Movies always had a captive audience, so they were able to do deeper, more complex things. Television was always about, 'Look at… — Patty Jenkins Audience Copy Share Image
De Niro didn't gain all that weight to play Jake La Motta just to prove he could get fat - every single… — Patty Jenkins Actor Copy Share Image
I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy films. But I haven't… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I remember when I read in the news that 'Wonder Woman' had been cast, and my heart sank. I had been talking… — Patty Jenkins Heart Copy Share Image
To me, the two things that Gal Gadot - who is an amazing actress, and she played a great Wonder Woman -… — Patty Jenkins Amazing Copy Share Image
My father wanted to be a hero. He went to the Air Force Academy, was valedictorian, and then he found himself strafing… — Patty Jenkins Air force Copy Share Image
There was a very difficult time when a female hero was a man in a woman's body. 'Hunger Games' really changed that:… — Patty Jenkins Action Copy Share Image
I know that I'm carrying a bit of a weight on my shoulders of what I do represents more than just myself… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
There's a lot of mythological stories you can tell. There's not just one. I appreciate all of those different kinds, but what… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, making 'Monster' was unbelievably hard, as making any movie is. And the only thing that made… — Patty Jenkins Day Copy Share Image
I had an interesting moment with 'Wonder Woman' where, when I first thought about doing 'Wonder Woman 2,' I thought, 'Well, these… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I have passed on a lot of things that would have been extremely lucrative, because they were nothing else. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
There are a lot of pretty actresses in Hollywood who try to act tough, and the audience laughs. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
There's Batman, there's Superman, there's Wonder Woman. She's the full-blown real deal. — Patty Jenkins Batman Copy Share Image
I can't take on the history of 50 percent of the population just because I'm a woman. — Patty Jenkins History Copy Share Image
I had to adapt to other worlds, and that helped to educate me that we are all basically the same. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image