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
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.
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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.
love scar shaped showing
I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.
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 completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
reads tarot
My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
artist creative hired knock
You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
addicted creating emotions excited fantastic favorite utterly
My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
check large life poignant thighs
I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.
bearing believe life move time wasted
I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.
manifest
If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.