102 Quotes by Lynne Ramsay

To me violence, once you've done one violent act it leads to another, it leads to another, it leads to another, it becomes routine.

You have to keep going or this industry will roll over you and leave you for dead.

If you feel you have made a great piece of work, which the script for 'The Lovely Bones' was, and that it suddenly means nothing, it's like being in the land of the lost. You don't know what's good or bad and what anything means.

Well, the film industry is completely sexist and completely class-biased. It's not something I get on the ground level, it's more from financiers and producers and distributors. It's a way of dealing with you that is essentially patronising: I know better than you.

On a film shoot, a crew will know instantly when they are dealing with someone who knows the technical stuff and they respond accordingly. It's often about getting their respect from the off.

Where I find things tough is when things are hidden, and people don't say what they mean.

It was quite a macho world I grew up in, but it was always cheeky and funny, and the women were the ones in the background that were really in control.

You know, I grew up in a place where people appreciate it when you're very direct.

Straight talking and going on your instincts was important when I grew up. And being funny.