The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers. — Mary Harron Cinema Copy Share Image
She [Bettie Page] was a traumatized person, but she did have an active sex life. — Mary Harron Active Copy Share Image
They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that. — Mary Harron Anger Copy Share Image
My films have elements of genre in them, which prevents them from being purely art films. — Mary Harron Art Copy Share Image
I was lucky with my first film because it had Warhol in it. That was the selling point. — Mary Harron Cinema Copy Share Image
I realized you can always make money; you just do a lot of things. — Mary Harron I realized Copy Share Image
I was very ambitious at a young age. When I was six, I would tell everybody that I wanted to be an… — Mary Harron Age Copy Share Image
I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre… — Mary Harron Cinema Copy Share Image
One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to… — Mary Harron Film Copy Share Image
Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about… — Mary Harron Aftermath Copy Share Image
I grew up interested in the underside of Hollywood, which I think David Lynch does really well. — Mary Harron David lynch Copy Share Image
I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and… — Mary Harron Done Copy Share Image
Bettie Page was the first person to do bondage as fashion, because for her it really was all about dressing up. — Mary Harron Bondage Copy Share Image
At any age you can start over. You have to drop the idea of where you should be in your career. And… — Mary Harron Age Copy Share Image
If you have had some taste of success, it's extremely addicting. I think the withdrawal from that is what's most devastating. I… — Mary Harron Ifs Copy Share Image
I think morale is the hardest part, not comparing yourself to someone else. I think everyone compares themselves to someone more successful… — Mary Harron Compare Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a… — Mary Harron Canadian Copy Share Image
In my early thirties I was working in television as a researcher. I was really stuck for a period of five years.… — Mary Harron Exciting Copy Share Image
I remember being really interested in the sad parts of Los Angeles, of which there are many, and knowing we weren't up… — Mary Harron Being real Copy Share Image
People make films about all kinds of relationships, but they won't do these extremely intense platonic love affairs that happen between young… — Mary Harron Affair Copy Share Image
One of the secrets of being a great photographic model, as it is for a great film actor, is that you let… — Mary Harron Actors Copy Share Image
I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women,… — Mary Harron Ambition Copy Share Image
There's no need to be tragic or destroy yourself or jump off a cliff. That's no longer the paradigm I wish to… — Mary Harron Bullshit Copy Share Image
It never occurred to me to be a film director, partly because I hadn't seen a single film by a female director,… — Mary Harron Being unhappy Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was lucky that my dad was never out of work. I was very fortunate in one way: that I… — Mary Harron Always working Copy Share Image
I think any big success is paralyzing. I have observed it in others. — Mary Harron Bigs Copy Share Image
It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult. — Mary Harron Cult Copy Share Image
Frankly, you're always up and down. You're successful and then you're not. — Mary Harron Frankly Copy Share Image
There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward. — Mary Harron Beating yourself Copy Share Image
Americans always think they have to lead. I'm interested in ambiguity. — Mary Harron Ambiguity Copy Share Image
There was a lot of anger among critics that I had not made a sexy movie. — Mary Harron Anger Copy Share Image
I'm bored by films that revolve around a trick. I kind of know if a film is right for me; all the… — Mary Harron Bored Copy Share Image
I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be… — Mary Harron Dislike Copy Share Image
The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's… — Mary Harron Chance Copy Share Image
Someone can be mentally ill, but if they are young and beautiful and their life is going well, people don't notice because… — Mary Harron Beautiful Copy Share Image
It's hard when your first thing is something everyone loves. Actually, that never happened to me. I was lucky that my first… — Mary Harron Cinema Copy Share Image
I had long periods where I couldn't make things happen, and then periods of enormous good luck. I guess the trick is… — Mary Harron Astronomy Copy Share Image
Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden… — Mary Harron Attractive Copy Share Image
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