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Katie Aselton

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Film director

Katie Aselton, born on October 1, 1978, is a talented film director known for her unique perspective and profound portrayal of female characters. Her works span a variety of styles, from independent films to commercial blockbusters, showcasing her passion and dedication to the art of film.

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“I am a very talented belcher. Very deep and bassy.”

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“I love profanity, but I think if it's used too much, it just sounds a little trashy. I think it's more effective when it's dropped intelligently. I like intelligent profanity.”

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“I think the idea that women can stand up and be strong and still be seen as beautiful and sexual is kind of cool, and I would like to see more of that.”

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“That one thing you do give up when you get married is that magic moment of meeting someone, and the sparks and the spontaneity.”

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“You put three girls in a house, and all of a sudden before you know it, youre talking about boys and drinking whiskey, and things go down and you get deep real quick.”

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“There are very few shows that show women talking like strong, sassy women. Do you know what I mean? 'Sex and the City' started doing that, and that was why that was such a huge hit.”

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“There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.”

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“Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.”

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“It took me a really long time to decide who I want my circle to be and who I want to surround myself with. Once you make that choice, that is where I feel like I have built my strength. This is my life choice. These are the people that make me feel good about me, and that I love and adore and will do anything for.”

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“If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'”

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“It's not rocket science to make a movie.”

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“By the time you are in your thirties, most of the time, you've got a job, you can pay for your rent, you can create this nice world around you. And still, you're only in your thirties - you're not that far away from your twenties, which is when you're making all of your stupid mistakes.”

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“I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.”

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“I don't know what's wrong with me, but like, the second I stop working, I have a panic attack, so it's good for me to be thinking of projects ahead of time and lining things up.”

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“I don't love horror movies with something surreal happening. That doesn't work for me. What's terrifying is something that could actually happen to me and what I would do. I don't know how to throw a punch, and I've never had to do it.”

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“I have a very hard time picturing myself in a room with some type of goo oozing out of an air vent and killing me; that doesn't really scare me because I don't think that's going to happen to me.”

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“I love sports. I was an athlete in high school, and my school was so small we didn't have a football team, so it's the one sport I didn't bother to learn the rules to because I never went to game.”

School Games Sports Team Football High School Athlete Bother Football Team

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“I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open, and have all your guards down, and just have that level of trust and security in yourself to know that you could walk out on that limb with someone else and be safe.”

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“I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.”

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“I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.”

Oysters Weird Things

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“I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.”

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“I think I'm still trying to find my voice as a filmmaker and finding stories to tell.”

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“If people want to talk about anything I do, they can give it any name they want. As long as they're talking about it, I think it's great.”

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“I would like to get jobs doing other things that aren't necessarily always with my husband. I'd like to show range - and kiss another guy.”

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“There are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first.”

Firsts Different Certain Dies Type Genre Thrillers Bummer

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“[It is nice] to explore someone's will to survive, the ferocity of loyalty, how far you would go to protect the ones you love... I believe women have more power than we give ourselves credit for... We have been known to lift cars off of babies! That's incredible.”

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“I think there are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first. I can't say exactly why, and it's kind of a bummer... But I also can't explain why the wallflower girl in the romantic comedy always gets the guy in the end. That's just the way those movies go.”

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“I came to filmmaking as an actor looking for great characters and great opportunities, both of which are kind of hard to come by. It turns out I really love the process. And, it's exciting to be able to take my career by the reigns and make things happen for myself. Hopefully, in doing so, more opportunities will become available to me.”

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“The story of survival is a nice metaphor for our experience making this movie, finding your inner strength and powering through and getting to the endpoint alive.”

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“Everything was a constant battle. My first film was beautiful. I got an amazing cast. That worked out great. Everything else was like murphy's law. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.”

Firsts Beautiful Film Law Battle Constant Casts Murphy

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“It takes no prisoners. We had to completely change wardrobe for the girls because we had summer wardrobe set and it was so frigidly cold while we were shooting. And the bug population was through the roof, that summer. It was just silly! The fact that we even survived at all is shocking. The fact that we came out of it with a movie that I really like is awe-inspiring.”

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“There was no glam squad, whatsoever. There were no dressing rooms. There were no bathrooms. Let's start at our base level. We didn't have toilet paper. We went to the woods to use the bathroom.”

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“Everyone grows and changes. It's not even to say that you become a better person than you were, but you're morphing. This whole thing is just a weird river that we're on.”

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Author:Katie Aselton

“I get very nostalgic for times and places and experiences, but I have a wonderful group of core friends and family who I love and adore, so I don't mourn the loss of any particular friendship. I think they're all part of a path, and the ones that really mean something are still important in my life.”

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“There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career. There are a lot of times, doing what we do, that you feel no control and get very panicky feeling. It's nice to know that you are able to do it on your own.”

Knows Feels Feelings Able Careers Nice Really Nice Reins

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“You can't sit there and feel bad for yourself and say, "But, it's just not coming to me." That's an instinctual thing to do because that's the way the business normally works. But, when you've got a good brain on your shoulders, I think you can make it happen.”

Thinking Way Feels Happens Brain Shoulders Things To Do Make It Happen

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“I didn't even grow up with football. I learned the rules of football on this show [The League].”

Shows Grows Growing Up Football League

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“I'm kinda doing a lot of stuff.”

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“I've got a couple of full-time jobs, since I'm raising a kid, so it's a lot.”

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“Steve Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Jon Lajoie - and they're such funny guys that they bring their own sort of twist to it all.”

Guy Twists Funny Guy

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“I think a lot of times, when you're working in this business, and you're both actors or somehow involved in the industry, you can get torn in different directions and be on completely opposite schedules.”

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“My team name is the Duchess of Douchecockery.Yep, that's mine.”

Names Team Mines Duchess

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“One of the reasons why I had such a horrible draft is that I hosted an eight-hour pool party before the draft. and so I wasn't quite in my perfect drafting form.”

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“I finished The Freebie, which was a small relationship "talky" movie, and I was like, "I just want to get out of the house! And I want there to be some action, and I want some tension in there!"”

Want Action House Finished Tension

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“I worked with the same producer from The Freebie, my cinematographer was one of my shooters from The Freebie. I was really aiming to tackle a genre, but sorta tackle it in my own way, and put my stamp on it, and the way that I like to see movies made.”

Way Made My Own Producers Genre Stamps Shooter Cinematographers

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“The thriller genre in general, it's total foreign ground for me.”

Genre Thrillers Thriller Genre

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“Whole class of filmmakers, they're all graduating to a new level of filmmaking, which I think is awesome.”

Thinking Whole Levels Class Filmmaker Graduates Filmmaking

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“The Freebie cost virtually nothing. We funded the movie ourselves, people got paid, but were mostly paid in the back end, we used one of the cheaper cameras we could get. The movies have a look to them, you can sorta point out the really low-budget movie. So even if the heart of the movie and the story are really, really great, they always sorta feel a little cheap.”

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“I love the studio system. Love that studio system and all their money. They're great; I think they're fabulous . You know, what it is right now is I feel like I'm still learning as a filmmaker, I'm still starting out.”

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“I'd like to make mistakes on my own dime, and not have a herd of people tell me what I'm doing wrong. and I'm also still trying to find and develop my voice as a filmmaker, and I think that's easier to do on your own terms, than trying to satisfy a bunch of people that are paying for the movie. That being said, I'm certainly open to moving into that world.”

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Born: October 1, 1978
Known for: Film director
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