Karyn Kusama

I'm very interested in dysfunction. I kind of realized in my first film that a character with so much rage that she…

— Karyn Kusama

It's very difficult to figure out, for me, what stops really talented young female filmmakers from having the kind of careers that…

— Karyn Kusama

I feel like, generally, the golden eras of cinema seem to be in moments of incredible political turmoil and strife and struggle.

— Karyn Kusama

To me, the thing that sets us apart from so many other animal species is our ability to ask questions, investigate, gather…

— Karyn Kusama

Motherhood is this sort of "curtain lifting" of tremendous power that we have individually as women. It's tremendously freaky to have a…

— Karyn Kusama

I would love to take another stab at really smart, speculative sci-fi - my first was a bit of a stumble. I…

— Karyn Kusama

What might the world look like if we took some chances on the film-makers we might be afraid of?

— Karyn Kusama

I would love to make lighter entertainments that have you sort of hopping and skipping and jumping out of the theater, but…

— Karyn Kusama

I had no shortage of wild times in my youth.

— Karyn Kusama

I'm just hoping that as I get older, and as more and more movies get made by female directors, what we start…

— Karyn Kusama

Our society is constantly creating this framework for girls to feel that their only worth is their appearance, and it's damaging on…

— Karyn Kusama

The nice thing about movies is that you can sort of steer your audience toward seeing that there's discomfort, but there's also…

— Karyn Kusama

Polanski is a great example of a person whose personal life clearly has been just fraught with scandal and transgression and criminal…

— Karyn Kusama

Sometimes evil is in the form of a malignant clown, and sometimes evil is in the form of policy and legislators, and…

— Karyn Kusama

There's something about the girls and the boys who just live for the moment and don't think a second beyond their needs…

— Karyn Kusama

I assumed a business like a film studio would behave like a business and still want to protect its own interests, still…

— Karyn Kusama

I think we forget that part of parenthood means having to face and reject or face and embrace a kind of animal…

— Karyn Kusama

I am honored and lucky to be one of the first films funded by Gamechanger Films, a consortium of investors who finance…

— Karyn Kusama

Women still routinely get passed over when everyone sits around the table and says, "What's our list of 10, 20, 30 directors…

— Karyn Kusama

I don't think I could have had a better experience than I did with 'Girlfight.' It was a humbling experience to be…

— Karyn Kusama

For me, I guess I feel like the notion of 'feel good' entertainment... I'm all for it, but I just think you…

— Karyn Kusama

I understand the power of sorrow, and I understand how far it can take us from ourselves if we let it.

— Karyn Kusama

I'm seeing more and more interesting horror come my way. More and more interesting thrillers and genre films are coming my way…

— Karyn Kusama

Along with loving the script, the reason I did 'Aeon Flux' was because I needed the job, and I couldn't find $5…

— Karyn Kusama

Genre mechanics are really tricky because if you pay too much attention to the idea of rules of genre, it becomes pretty…

— Karyn Kusama