I don’t think I could have had a better experience than I did with ‘Girlfight.’ It was a humbling experience to be so well received. And it was equally humbling to be ripped to pieces with ‘Aeon Flux.’ Karyn Kusama Read Quote
What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I’m really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I love horror. It’s funny, because ‘The Invitation’ never struck me as horror, but it’s definitely that type of thriller. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I’m a director first and foremost, and I hope that the fact that I’m female is just one of the many things that informs my unique perspective on the world. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I’ve been asked countless times, ‘Why are you drawn to horror films? Why do you think women are drawn to horror films?’ And it’s because, in a way, it’s one of the few genres that tells it like it is. A lot of times, women do feel like they’re running for their lives somehow. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
It’s important to tell meaningful stories and to find new ways to communicate those stories to people. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I assumed a business like a film studio would behave like a business and still want to protect its own interests, still do the best it could to get as many people paying for as many of their movies as possible. I realized this is not actually a business about business: it’s a business of egos and dominance. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
Day-to-day concerns really trumped big dreams for quite a while in my life. I was so freaked out about money. And until, honestly, I was in my early thirties and made ‘Girlfight,’ that anxiety was a real issue: How are you going to live? How are you going to survive? Karyn Kusama Read Quote
Making movies, even though it’s a business, is also an art, and sometimes you don’t hit the bull’s-eye. Karyn Kusama Read Quote