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
scripts hard
I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.
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.
people way obsessed
I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.
christmas sleep kids
I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.
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.
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.
decision film
Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.
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.
new-york independent home
When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.
people height nails
A lot of people have something to say about 'Wuthering Heights,' but nobody quite nails it.
thinking instinct should
I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.