A biography for Sam Taylor-Johnsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.”
“I was determined to have a spotless house when I grew up.”
“A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.”
“It's difficult for me to work with women, because I find that direct references are made back to me too fast. Working with men, it gives it a little distance.”
“My mum told me once I was a Hindu.”
“I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.”
“When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.”
“I can be very self-destructive, but quietly.”
“Even today I work with Niall O'Brien, who is far more technically astute than I am, but I still have the clearest idea of every detail I want in my photograph.”
“Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.”
“I find that I put my body in my work when I am at a particularly difficult or joyous point because I want to feel that moment.”
“If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.”
“I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.”
“Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, 'Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done.'”
“You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'”
“It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.”
“I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.”
“Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.”
“I'm fascinated by male vulnerability.”
“I try to leave things as open ended as possible, not too overladen with meaning.”