Andrea Arnold

Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by 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 don't think estates are grim places. ”

I never write with an actor in mind - never. ”

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are. ”

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world. ”

I'm much happier behind the camera. ”

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me. ”

I was a freestyle dancer; I wasn't trained. ”