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
abyss allow cheerful defeat far might people stand surprised upbeat
When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
georgia hard quite trying undo
When I was out in Georgia doing photographs, I found myself trying to undo my own sense of composition. I'd think, 'Why do I want to take it like this? Is it because I want to take a beautiful picture?' It's quite hard to try and undo it.
When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
art saved
I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
films love men
I think I just love films where men have complete breakdowns.
love scar shaped showing
I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.
good life met papers
I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
art artist became interest towards
I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
time
I eat all the time, and I run all the time.
I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
dairy since
I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.
I am just reflecting the times. I can't ignore them.
I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
feels younger
A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.