28 Quotes by Patricia Riggen

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.

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.

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.

It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.

I finally, you know, moved to Mexico City, where the film industry is. I started working there as a producer, which is a very, very valid thing for women to do, because we always produce for men, right?

I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.

I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.

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.

I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.