Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actress, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road. Read full biography of Andrea Arnold →
I just like doing things from my own head.
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.
People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has... →
Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.
Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever.
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.
I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.
I deliberately never read about films before I see them.
I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it.
I don't feel very revengeful in life at all.
I don't read reviews.
I don't think estates are grim places.
Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actress, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.