Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
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.
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.
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.
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.
appliances build colors custom room three
They can custom build a room and see how the room and the appliances look in different colors or in two or three dimensions.
manifest
If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.
autonomous bit
It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.