Liz W. Garcia Quotes

• Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew

  Liz W. Garcia

  Real, Directors, Males

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• I'm never trying to make a statement about morality ever. If there's a statement to be made, it's "People are complicated. They do things that may hurt other people, or exploit other people, but they may do them for the right reasons, or out of desperation." I don't judge that sort of "bad" behavior. I'm only interested in a world where people break outside of the norm, and I believe people do whatever they have to do to relieve themselves of pain. I just want to watch and see how that plays out.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Hurt, Pain, Believe

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• The camera is your way to see what you want to see - it's an extension of the director's fantasy. I'm executing my personal fantasy, whether it's a fantasy of pleasure or of pain and fear.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Pain, Fantasy, Pleasure

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• American television is a huge product that is exported around the world and what that means is that what our movies and films say about who women [are] has global ramifications. There is a burden and a responsibility when you are someone who is very aware of how far we've yet to travel in granting women equal rights and equal respect and you are creating cultural products. You have to be responsible and be aware of the message that you are sending out.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Mean, Responsibility, Creating

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Roles, Documentaries, Producers

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Something you discover as a writer is that actresses who are successful are incredibly smart. For some reason, there's this myth that if you're a beautiful actress, you're not bright, you're a puppet. But it's completely the opposite. These are people with a finely tuned sense of story, and who are also strong and articulate. You have to be, to be a woman holding your own on TV and film sets.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Beautiful, Strong, Smart

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• I'm a civilized person who obeys the law and is pretty easy to get along with, but I'm more complicated than that. I use my work as a way to get all that other stuff out and experiment with feelings and ideas, and the forbidden. That's just part of my process, I think, to identify something forbidden. That's what lures me into wanting to do the work, write the story down.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Writing, Thinking, Feelings

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• One is that I'm really interested in movies about sex and lust, because I think those are primal, carnal instincts that translate well to a visual medium. Two, these things that I write, or want to make, are an expression of - I don't want to say darker instincts, but let's say darker instincts. But that's why I'm a writer.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Writing, Thinking, Lust

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• I think it's hard for everyone to find their way as an adult and to match up their expectations from their youth to what their adult life looks like.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Thinking, Expectations, Adults

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I just feel like the world is our oyster. I grew up knowing that my mother is a journalist and was one of the first bureau chiefs I think ever at the New York Times. Hearing these stories of how hard it was for her, and yet knowing how easy it is for me right now is just remarkable.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Mother, New York, Thinking

  "Women Directors Speak at Sundance". Interview with Peter Belsito, blogs.indiewire.com. January 26, 2013.

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• A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Directors, Males, Female

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• When you are trying to get a shot, you can't be pleasing everybody. And I tend to be sort of collaborative and a bit of a pleaser. And when I'm directing, people just sort of call me Black Hat Gabriela. Because suddenly they're like, "What happened to you?" Because I stop listening. And I feel strident. I feel rude. And I feel un-collaborative.

  Liz W. Garcia

  People, Rude, Black

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Having kids is a full-time job. And I don't know any woman who isn't constantly fighting between the exquisite selfishness required to be an artist and this exquisite selflessness that's required to be a parent.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Jobs, Kids, Fighting

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I think that there is just a deep and abiding sexism that's part of your life from the moment that you're conscious as a female.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Thinking, Abiding, Female

  "Sundance 2013: Female directors discuss the challenges they face". Interview with John Horn, articles.latimes.com. January 24, 2013.

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