Always keep absorbing art and looking at paintings and reading books and watching movies in other languages, just getting to know the world at hand and the world of the past. It’s important to keep absorbing the world and keep engaging with it, and often that means not thinking about movies and thinking about other things. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I think most women have to fight very hard for the opportunities they want, which isn’t to say that most artists don’t have to do that, male or female, but I’m definitely aware of just how difficult it is to find stories that interest me, particularly. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I understand the power of sorrow, and I understand how far it can take us from ourselves if we let it. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
There are times when I’m kind of anti-social, I’m just really shy, and I don’t feel like I fit in, and I then attribute that to some emotional state that’s crippling me. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I guess because there aren’t many women working in the kind of variety of spaces that I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to kind of work in, that there is this extreme scrutiny about my career. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I think that idea that sort of our emotional self and our emotional life is a faucet that you turn on and off, and that we are in control of it entirely, that’s a really appealing idea for a lot of people. But there are certainly the times where it’s appealing to me, but it never quite works the way I hoped it would. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I’m strong-willed, but that doesn’t mean I can’t work with people if we’re all in the mission of trying to make a good movie. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
Sometimes you realize that the thing an actor is asking for isn’t exactly the thing they want. Maybe they’re asking for more dialogue, or maybe they want a deep intellectual exploration of their role. But probably what they really need is encouragement. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
Claire Denis’s ‘Beau Travail’ is one of Denis’s greatest achievements. One of the most mysterious and beautiful endings in movies. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I’ve experienced a lot of successes. I’ve experienced a lot of failures. I’ve been able to get back up on my feet and keep going. Karyn Kusama Read Quote