I'd spent summers growing up in Mississippi, so I had an idea of what the South is like. — Patty Jenkins Growing up 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
I have passed on a lot of things that would have been extremely lucrative, because they were nothing else. — 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
I like to work, and I worked for years as a camera person before I directed. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I know that a man's version of a tough woman is very different from a woman's version. — Patty Jenkins 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
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 believe in Wonder Woman and the true spirit of Wonder Woman, and I wanted to tell that story. I didn't want… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the… — Patty Jenkins Calm Copy Share Image
The thing about 'Wonder Woman,' which is very feminine and definitely different, is that her objective is to bring love and truth… — Patty Jenkins Comic Copy Share Image
Being the person who gets to make a movie about Wonder Woman, of course, I take that incredibly seriously. I am a… — Patty Jenkins Comic Copy Share Image
I always say that 'Star Wars' had a huge effect on me, too, but what 'Star Wars' did for some people, 'Superman'… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I think that, for whatever reason, we've gotten to a place where, particularly in Hollywood, things have to be very pat. Like… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
When I'm on a movie, I'm unavailable every day for a year and a half. You can't do that with a little… — Patty Jenkins Baby Copy Share Image
I grew up very inspired by 'Superman One' and by kind of the promise of the genre of what a superhero origin… — Patty Jenkins Comic Copy Share Image
I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater, even though I didn't… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'm making a movie about Wonder Woman, who I love, who to me is one of the great superheroes, so I just… — Patty Jenkins Character 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
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
I was thinking I would love to make something that is a successful film that everybody sees, but I wasn't thinking about… — Patty Jenkins Ambition 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
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
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
There's Batman, there's Superman, there's Wonder Woman. She's the full-blown real deal. — Patty Jenkins Batman Copy Share Image
We're all always wondering about our own limits, what we're capable of. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
That was devastating to me: how a bright, energetic kid could turn doomed and desperate. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
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
The education of going through the 'Thor' experience was great. — Patty Jenkins Comic 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
Making a movie is such a huge commitment of emotion and time that I didn't want to be beholden to doing it… — Patty Jenkins Commitment Copy Share Image
It is ironic you could make an animated film about a dog that's a universal character, but God forbid it be a… — Patty Jenkins Character Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family of fighter pilots, and I have a real kindred spirit to that kind of fast-moving aggression… — Patty Jenkins Aggression Copy Share Image
What I never want to do is start phoning it in and making things just to show that I can keep my… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I've had tragedy in my life, and it doesn't stop comedy, so I think it's important to do both. Particularly in a… — Patty Jenkins Comedy Copy Share Image
There was a movie I was trying to make right after 'Monster,' a bigger behemoth: the Chuck Yeager story. It was a… — Patty Jenkins Life Copy Share Image
TV is really hard to break into. This may be the worst piece of advice, but make an independent film. TV oftentimes… — Patty Jenkins Advice Copy Share Image
Strangely, I have a huge aversion to movies that try to teach healthy people an abusive lesson about the darkness in the… — Patty Jenkins Darkness Copy Share Image
