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
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A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.
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My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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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.
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If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!
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I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.
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I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.
You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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When I was eight, a hippie guy taught me how to meditate and gave me this scarf I was supposed to wear when I meditated. I still have it; it's probably one of the items that mean most to me.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Finding your place as an artist is the hardest thing. You come out of college with what feels like a Mickey Mouse degree that qualifies you for nothing in the real world.
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It was so amazing to fall crazily in love and get married and have kids.