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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I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.
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It was so amazing to fall crazily in love and get married and have kids.
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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.
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In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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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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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.
When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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I always say, and I truly believe this, that my work is three steps ahead of me. I have an idea for something, and I tend to feel like it's leading me, and I'll follow the process through, and it's not until after I've seen it that I truly understand why I'm doing this.
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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.