I feel a kinship to the idea of beloved stories and beloved pieces of art that we can imagine in different ways and sort of take a meta approach in terms of what those stories offer us. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I think there is really something we need to examine about the notion of careers, and are women encouraged and given the same opportunities to have vital healthy careers in which they are challenged by certain things, they try new things, they struggle, maybe they stumble, maybe they fail, and then there’s more room to succeed as well. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I’d like to be making more films more frequently, but I do find that making movies, for me, has proven to be an extremely challenging road. No movie is easy; no movie has come together quickly. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I would love to make lighter entertainments that have you sort of hopping and skipping and jumping out of the theater, but part of me just doesn’t know how much I believe in that, as much as I want to. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
For me, I guess I feel like the notion of ‘feel good’ entertainment… I’m all for it, but I just think you really, really, really have to earn it. I’m not sure I have a lot of movies in me where I see a world that earns it. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
One of the uncertain pleasures of adulthood, for me, has really been about confronting how little I know about the world and how much completely baffles me about the world and human behavior. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I think there’s a reason why some companies have such dismal records. It’s not because they’re clueless; it’s because they systematically don’t want to hire women. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
One of the things you hear about when studying the nature of fanaticism is that a lot of the time, people don’t start as fanatics. They shift and evolve into that state. That’s a process, a systematic process of losing your identity and sense of self. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
The nice thing about movies is that you can sort of steer your audience toward seeing that there’s discomfort, but there’s also this sense of, ‘Well, we’ll tolerate this weirdness because maybe it’ll be interesting.’ Karyn Kusama Read Quote
