I definitely feel sorry more people don't get to see my films. They aren't inaccessible, and if people got the chance to see them, I know they'd like them.
- Andrea Arnold
Chance, Films, More People, Inaccessible
I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.
- Andrea Arnold
Christmas, Bed, Feels, Two Weeks
I normally go with the flow.
- Andrea Arnold
Flow, Go, Normally
Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.
- Andrea Arnold
World, See, Like, Defined
I try and be truthful.
- Andrea Arnold
Try, Truthful
I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's.
- Andrea Arnold
Other, Differently, Set, I Wonder
Sometimes when you're going fast, your instincts can be very useful.
- Andrea Arnold
Fast, Going, Very, Instincts
I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me.
- Andrea Arnold
Never, Always, Terrified, Camera
I'm much happier behind the camera.
- Andrea Arnold
Behind, Happier, Much, Camera
I love insects. They are amazing.
- Andrea Arnold
Love, Amazing, I Love, Insects
Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.
- Andrea Arnold
Someone, Cast, Massive, Acted
Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever.
- Andrea Arnold
Start, Feel, Like, Starting
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
Thought, Been, I Think, Fitted
Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.
- Andrea Arnold
Love, I Love, Whenever, Fed Up
A lot of people have something to say about 'Wuthering Heights,' but nobody quite nails it.
- Andrea Arnold
Heights, Nails, Lot, Wuthering
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they've done.
- Andrea Arnold
Empathy, Think, Always, Detail
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
My Life, Think, Informed, Directly
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
Like, About, Issue, Theme
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
Audience, Going, Films, Intensely
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.
- Andrea Arnold
Work, Adversity, Fur, Flying
We're all quite vulnerable human beings really.
- Andrea Arnold
Human, Human Beings, Quite, Vulnerable
I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.
- Andrea Arnold
Work, Always, Get, Script
I don't read reviews.
- Andrea Arnold
Read, Reviews
As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.
- Andrea Arnold
Small, Making, Films, Budgets
I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.
- Andrea Arnold
Try, Want, Director, Instinctive
Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.
- Andrea Arnold
Want, Get, Once, Finished
I was a freestyle dancer; I wasn't trained.
- Andrea Arnold
Dancer, Trained, Freestyle
I don't think estates are grim places.
- Andrea Arnold
Think, Places, Grim, Estates
I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.
- Andrea Arnold
Weird, Find, Films, Directors
For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.
- Andrea Arnold
Making, Very, Films, Lonely
I've not used a score in any of my films so far.
- Andrea Arnold
Used, Far, Films, Score
I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.
- Andrea Arnold
I Am, Turn, Why, Obsessed
I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.
- Andrea Arnold
Trust, Think, Always, Instinct
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
Give, Through, Films, Afterwards
I'm fascinated with what an audience will take away from an image.
- Andrea Arnold
Audience, Image, Take, Fascinated
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.
- Andrea Arnold
Say, Could, I Write, Working-Class
I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it.
- Andrea Arnold
Know, Some, Act, Naturally
Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather.
- Andrea Arnold
Afford, Buy, Films, Weather
I deliberately never read about films before I see them.
- Andrea Arnold
Never, See, Films, Deliberately
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