Kathryn Bigelow Quotes

Don't try to squeeze into a glass slipper. Instead, shatter the glass ceiling.

I always wanted to do a role that inspired girls.

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'

I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those were broken by a lot of women who came before us. You can be anyone you want to be. You can do anything you want to do.

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.

Maybe even at six or seven, I knew that, sweet as they were on the surface, all fairy tales needed a feminist shake up.

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

I think people don't give young women enough credit, really.

In 'Lean In,' Sheryl Sandberg gives a frank assessment of what it will take for women to move forward as equals to men. Her book is full of sound advice and informed recommendations and marked by its positive outlook.

Nobody expects girls to do something smart or give one liners in a film.

Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.

My message is very simple: I'm for women, I'm about women, and I want to help create lanes for more of us.

Whether I'm in a sari or a mini skirt hardly matters as long as the role I do in a film is substantial and makes a difference.

I've been very fortunate to be given the opportunities I've been given, and it's been awesome. You know I'm really looking forward to seeing how this Women's Evolution continues.

As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men.

I just love seeing other females work.

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.

I think it's a wonderful time for a woman.

The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me.

I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.