Author: Patricia Riggen

Quotes

Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.

Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.

- Patricia Riggen

To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.

To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.

- Patricia Riggen

I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.

I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.

- Patricia Riggen

I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.

I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.

- Patricia Riggen

I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.

I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.

- Patricia Riggen

When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.

When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.

- Patricia Riggen

I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.

I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.

- Patricia Riggen

I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.'

I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.'

- Patricia Riggen

It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.

It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.

- Patricia Riggen

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