Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
coppola goes scorsese work
When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
feels finding hardest mickey mouse
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.
bit carefully freedom tread
I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
believe chanel essence experience firmly inhabit rooted second shooting spirit truly
Shooting at Coco Chanel's apartment was an unexpectedly absorbing experience. The essence of Chanel is firmly rooted there in all of her possessions, and I truly believe that her spirit and soul still inhabit the second floor.
dad life london moved mum split suddenly upped urban
Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.
money scares
Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.
seen
I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.
art saved
I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
films love men
I think I just love films where men have complete breakdowns.
love scar shaped showing
I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.
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.