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
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.
opportunity
I get over-excited by every opportunity that comes my way. I end up doing too much.
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.
directing hugely incredible intense shades thank universal
Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
feels younger
A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
camden job quickly running
A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.
reads tarot
My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
diversity great lee
The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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.'