I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I’m not going to say, ‘I’m only a drama filmmaker’ anymore. – Gillian Armstrong
Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun. – Gillian Armstrong
I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was ‘Easy Rider’ and ‘Taxi Driver.’ Everything was gritty. – Gillian Armstrong
It often takes a couple of years to get a script right and then takes a couple of years to get financing together. – Gillian Armstrong
‘Little Women’ has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it’s sentimental, gooey stuff. – Gillian Armstrong
Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills. – Gillian Armstrong
I put on ‘Starstruck’ for my kids, and they started getting bored. I was so upset, I took it off. They preferred ‘Home Alone.’ – Gillian Armstrong
Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons. – Gillian Armstrong
When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me. – Gillian Armstrong
The question I always ask is: ‘Where are all the women directors in America?’ You know, where’s the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch? – Gillian Armstrong
I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people’s lives is a very tough one. – Gillian Armstrong
It’s really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV. – Gillian Armstrong
Frankly, I get sick of being considered a ‘young woman filmmaker’ rather than an individual artist, as a man would be. – Gillian Armstrong
There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you’ve made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes. – Gillian Armstrong
Critics often say, ‘Oh she makes films about strong women’. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make. – Gillian Armstrong
