Film Quotes by Patty Jenkins

10 Film quotes by Patty Jenkins

Patty Jenkins offers a handful of reflections that cut straight to the core of her film philosophy. Though the list is small, it gives a clear sense of her ideas about storytelling, direction, and the power of visual narrative.

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

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If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like.

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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…

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I want to make great films in my lifetime, and I really want to make a great film about Wonder Woman.

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It was harder, I think, to get attention for the films that I wanted to do than I expected it to be.

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To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the…

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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…

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I know that I'm carrying a bit of a weight on my shoulders of what I do represents more than just myself…

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I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy films. But I haven't…

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The need to look behind the curtain is great for a filmmaker. But whether you want to deconstruct what you like as…

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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…

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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 palm trees and neon signs in Florida; it's strip malls, highways, hot sun beating down on you.

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It was harder, I think, to get attention for the films that I wanted to do than I expected it to be.

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

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It's not about superheroes. This is the method of universal storytelling that all people have... To me, they're the same as the Greek myths…

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I love a great myth. I love a superhero origin story.

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I have an aggressive streak of my own.

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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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I can't take on the history of 50 percent of the population just because I'm a woman.

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I'm making a movie about Wonder Woman, who I love, who to me is one of the great superheroes, so I just treated her…

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I had to adapt to other worlds, and that helped to educate me that we are all basically the same.

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I think that what Wonder Woman stands for is gorgeous and incredible.

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I don't think I could have made a good movie out of 'Thor 2' because I wasn't the right director. And I don't think…

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I was thinking I would love to make something that is a successful film that everybody sees, but I wasn't thinking about the actual…

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