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
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.
cameras fronts comfortable
I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me,
tired wandering-around feds
Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.
writing thinking way
I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.
film
I deliberately never read about films before I see them.
believe people knows
I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it.
book thinking people
Interestingly, I never thought Id do an adaptation. Ive also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, arent they?
thinking reality important
I think the reality is important anyway.
want film finished
Once Ive finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.