Quotes By Andrea Arnold

I love insects. They are amazing.

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

I'm much happier behind the camera.

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

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

I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

I normally go with the flow.

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.

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

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

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.

I deliberately never read about films before I see them.

I was 18 when I got my first TV job.

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

I just like doing things from my own head.

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

I don't want to think too much about me.