Kathryn Bigelow - ACTION!

I' m too old to be

a sex symbol'

       She's the first woman to win an Qscar for direction in the Academy of Motion Picture and Science's 82-years history, and for helming an action packed film about a bomb defusal squad in Iraq, at that. Surely, that would put Kathryn Bigelow in the same league as Tina Fey, the poster woman for the thinking man's sex symbol, Or, like Tina, does she believe there's no such thing? "I'm too old to be a sex symbol!" laughs 58-year-old Kathryn, adding, "But I think men prefer sensible and intelligent girls over (their) beautiful but dumb counterparts for long-term relationships."

     Does the term 'sensible and intelligent' also refer to the kind of films that men would prefer women to direct -- less chick flick a la  Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers, and more masculine like Kathryn's The Hurt Locker?" By masculine, if you mean only action or scifi films. then I don't subscribe to that view. I like to make movies in which the story has the potential to be told in a decent manner. A good film should connect with people on an emotional level, " says Kathryn. So, would she ever make a more 'feminine' film. like The Weight of Water, which she made in 2000? "If it means a story based on relationships and emotions, I'd love to make one in the plot is appealing, " she says.

        Next up for Kathryn is the television show, The Miraculous Year, after which she's teaming up again with The Hurt Locker screenplay writer Mark Boal for Triple Frontier, Is it true that she was asked to direct the fourth Spider-Man film? "It's all gossip, " is all the director will say.