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. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. - Andrea Arnold
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.
- Andrea Arnold
I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are. - Andrea Arnold
I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.
Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them. - Andrea Arnold
Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.
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
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 …
Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature. - Andrea Arnold
Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.
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 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…
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. - Andrea Arnold
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.
I think the reality is important anyway. - Andrea Arnold
I think the reality is important anyway.
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
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…
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