Andrea Arnold

We're all quite vulnerable human beings really. ”

I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they've done. ”

Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever. ”

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 work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. ”

I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them. ”

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really. ”

Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather. ”

Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they? ”