Author: Gillian Armstrong

Quotes

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

- Gillian Armstrong

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

- Gillian Armstrong

I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.'

I put on 'Starstruck' for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred 'Home Alone.'

- Gillian Armstrong

Maybe not many women are going to film school.

Maybe not many women are going to film school.

- Gillian Armstrong

Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded.

Australia has produced amazing costume designers that are unheralded.

- Gillian Armstrong

Hollywood is hard on women.

Hollywood is hard on women.

- Gillian Armstrong

'Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff.

'Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff.

- Gillian Armstrong

There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.

There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.

- Gillian Armstrong

I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one.

I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one.

- Gillian Armstrong

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