There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it’s always lower budget. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
The idea that women compete or don’t like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each other, that’s a big miss. That is not true at all. At all. My women connect with each other instantly and help each other. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I’m a writer, I don’t write anymore because it’s just harder in English. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don’t work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
I think the three Mexican directors – Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro – gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it’s brilliant! Patricia Riggen Read Quote
When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called ‘Female Directors.’ I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
I wish I had seen some women directing before – that would have given me the idea of who I was. Patricia Riggen Read Quote
