A biography for Sam Taylor-Johnsonhasn’t been written yet.
“Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.”
“Shooting at Coco Chanel's apartment was an unexpectedly absorbing experience. The essence of Chanel is firmly rooted there in all of her possessions, and I truly believe that her spirit and soul still inhabit the second floor.”
“I get over-excited by every opportunity that comes my way. I end up doing too much.”
“I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.”
“I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.”
“I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.”
“I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer.”
“Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.”
“I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.”
“A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.”
“I was living with my stepfather for a while, and then I moved out and went and lived on my own in Hastings-by-the-Sea from about 16.”
“In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races.”
“A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.”
“I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.”
“Snobbery just inhibits you.”
“People tell you you're having chemotherapy, but there are different types of chemotherapy, and you don't know which one you're going to get and how it's going to affect you. The people in the hospitals don't always have time to help you understand it.”
“I can be a bit extreme. I'll spend too much time running round the park, doing yoga and drinking green tea. I can get a bit obsessive. I have to rein it in sometimes.”
“My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.”
“Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.”
“I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.”