Andrea Arnold Quotes

I never write with an actor in mind - never.
Andrea Arnold

Mind, Write, Actor

I normally go with the flow.
Andrea Arnold

I try and be truthful.
Andrea Arnold

I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.
Andrea Arnold

Try, Writer, Director

I was 18 when I got my first TV job.
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I was a freestyle dancer; I wasn't trained.
Andrea Arnold

Dancer, Trained, Freestyle

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me.
Andrea Arnold

Camera, Front, Terrified

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's.
Andrea Arnold

Whether, Wonder

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

Work, Best, Adversity

I'm fascinated with what an audience will take away from an image.
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Away, Audience, Image

I'm lucky.
Andrea Arnold

I'm much happier behind the camera.
Andrea Arnold

Behind, Camera, Happier

I've got no education.
Andrea Arnold

I've not used a score in any of my films so far.
Andrea Arnold

Far, Used, Films

Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they?
Andrea Arnold

Trying, Thought, Wrong

My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.
Andrea Arnold

Experience, Give, Through

Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.
Andrea Arnold

Someone, Before, Cast

Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.
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Another, Once, Film

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.
Andrea Arnold

Life, Work, Ask

Sometimes when you're going fast, your instincts can be very useful.
Andrea Arnold

Sometimes, Fast, Useful

Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather.
Andrea Arnold

Weather, Films, Afford

We're all quite vulnerable human beings really.
Andrea Arnold

Human, Quite, Vulnerable

With a lot of films, people are sitting on the outside looking in, but I want the audience to get a bit more intimately involved with what's going on, so that they maybe can experience it a little bit more intensely.
Andrea Arnold

Experience, Looking, Maybe

You learn on every film so much.
Andrea Arnold

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: April 5, 1961

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