Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBEis an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005 and has since made the leap to feature films and television, including Red Road and American Honey, both of which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Most recently, she directed two episodes of the Emmy-winning series Transparent...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 April 1961
thinking empathy done
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they've done.
lonely trying way
For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.
sleep way
Sleep your way to the top.
firsts film starting
Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever.
darkness world conflict
Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.
long way film
As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.
flower opening-up knowing
I personally love to see films not knowing very much about them. When you see it, it's like a flower opening up. I deliberately never read about films before I see them.
thinking estates grim
I don't think estates are grim places.
thinking want too-much
I don't want to think too much about me.
past long way
I'm never going back to the past. It is like when I am driving - I never like to do those routes that take you backwards and make you go the long way. I always like to do the shortcuts and go forward.
directors want kind
I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.
issues film theme
I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.
my-own
I just like doing things from my own head.
insects
I love insects. They are amazing.