Lynne Ramsay

“I'm attracted to challenging subject matter.”

“There is so much media and social media.”

“Kevin' is a psychological horror film. It uses genre elements, so hopefully it's exciting to watch.”

“To me life is very complex. But there's always humor.”

“Working with cool people helps when working with few shots. You trust yourself and them.”

“Quite often you get a lot of films with lots of story but no characterisation.”

“I'm interested in genre in a way, I suppose because you have a framework of something and you can just twist it to explore the psychology or try different subversive ideas on something that feels familiar.”

“There's something fascinating about record collector minds, hoards of quotes shared and dealt like cards, lines traded, images bought.”

“Whatever we take from a film - personal, public, private, subconscious - a list can only contain moments that are often a key to the recognition of something more complex.”

“I came from a background of photography so I look at details and visuals, and I see things in pictures or signs.”

“You have to keep going or this industry will roll over you and leave you for dead.”

“I find it difficult to write with reference to the most memorable moments in film, when for me the best moments in films are truly irreducible.”

“I don't need to own one but I like to look at Diane Arbus's pictures and anything by Jackson Pollock.”

“Film school was frustrating for me at first but I met some cool people like Lucia Zucchetti - she was amazing.”

“I love to see great dialogue in the cinema but I hate to see 'Film TV.'”

“When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up seeing something you might see on television and it doesn't explore the form.”

“Sometimes what you don't show creates more of a mystery.”

“Every film has its ups and downs. Each time it seems like pushing a boat over a mountain. I worked on 'The Lovely Bones' for five years before my involvement fell apart.”

“Gasman' was something I wrote on a beer mat in a pub.”

“I hate being safe. There's a lot of easy rides and boring films out there, but I've stuck to my guns. It's not an easy path.”