Sam Taylor-Johnson
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Samantha Louise "Sam" Taylor-Johnson OBEis an English filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon. She is one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth4 March 1967
autonomous bit
It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.
bit later line looking step work
Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, 'Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done.'
life
Tea is a huge part of my life.
people trying
Sometimes photographing people is like pulling teeth, trying to get some sort of personality.
feminist mean
To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.
advances balance despite equality far global great power statistics women
Despite great advances in women's rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality.
When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
switch work
I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off.
I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.
acting interested people proportion seem specific staging work
I'm interested in the acting and staging of specific emotions, and so I work with actors. It's a small proportion of what I do, but it's always what people seem to focus on.
annoying
I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
relationship
In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races.
constantly hard sit
I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
power
In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.