I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

- Andrea Arnold

I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.

- Andrea Arnold

Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.

- Andrea Arnold

I grew up with a lot of Hollywood films. Cozy farm houses, cowboys, nice flats in New York. Especially as a kid, those things have a huge impression …

- Andrea Arnold

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. R…

- Andrea Arnold

I think the reality is important anyway.

- Andrea Arnold

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people…

- Andrea Arnold

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.

- Andrea Arnold

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

- Andrea Arnold