Karyn Kusama Quotes

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the whole society. That's really important. For me, as a female filmmaker, when I was out on the festival circuit on 2006, I felt like such a freaking anomaly - an oddity.

I don't direct so that I can have an identity and so I can go on to CGI movies. I had a big identity as an actor, and that's not what I'm looking for from directing. Directing is a whole different goal.

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

A director is a director. We shouldn't categorize one into a this or that director.

I never thought of myself as a woman leader or Latina leader; I just thought of myself as a leader.

You can make a thousand different movies about the same subject.

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

I am interested in stories that concern women.

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

If you're going to tell stories about life, you have to include a woman in your story.

To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.

I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not what we're told, so an incomplete story of this country damages everyone.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.