Andrea Arnold

“I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.”

“Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.”

“I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.”

“Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for 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 was a freestyle dancer; I wasn't trained.”

“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.”

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