A biography for Andrea Arnoldhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm fascinated with what an audience will take away from an image.”
“I love insects. They are amazing.”
“I try and be truthful.”
“People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.”
“I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.”
“Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.”
“I deliberately never read about films before I see them.”
“I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.”
“I've got no education.”
“I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.”
“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.”
“Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever.”
“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.”
“I'm lucky.”
“I don't feel very revengeful in life at all.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?”
“I don't read reviews.”
“I don't think estates are grim places.”