Quotes
Authors
Andrea Arnold

"I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people use that word, or â€œgrimâ€ or â€œgritty,â€ I just think, â€œOh, come on, look a bit deeper.â€ My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something."

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Andrea Arnold

#Passion Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I draw and play the piano badly. But when Iâ€™m doing those things, Iâ€™m concentrating so hard thereâ€™s no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.”

Source : "Eddie Redmayne and Emma Stone on Acting, Fame and Protecting Their Privacy". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. January 23, 2015.
“A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."”
“Iâ€™VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEYâ€™RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.”
“I can't believe it. Maybe there is a God after all. Herbal supplement sales only grew 1 percent last year. The years before, it was 17 percent, 12 percent, 18 percent.”
“Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I've compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus' Name, Amen.”
“Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in.”
“I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.”
“Pastors started killing their church members and church members killed pastors. Husbands killed wives. It's a situation no one can describe.”

You may also like: