79 Quotes by Andrea Arnold

I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.

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.

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.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.

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

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.

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