Andrew Haigh Quotes

Andrew Haigh

Profession : Director

Birth : March 7, 1973

Our lives are largely made up of a series of mundane moments, but those little moments are often the finesse that shapes our entire existence; it's not necessarily the big, dramatic events, although they do, too, of course.

Andrew Haigh

My straight friends accept I'm gay but they forget that some people don't. Even now, if I go into a party, people don't usually assume I'm gay, so you have to keep coming out. And if you say you've got a film with a gay subject matter, you can sometimes see people's eyes going, 'Oh! OK!'

Andrew Haigh

I've traveled a fair amount around the country and visited many states. It's amazing that Oregon is so different from Idaho; even though Portland isn't that far from Boise, it's a completely different city. Colorado is very different from Oregon. From a European perspective, I've always found that fascinating about America.

Andrew Haigh

The longer you get in a relationship, the harder it becomes to confront problems.

Andrew Haigh

If I see someone break down in tears, I don't necessarily feel empathy for them in those moments unless it's really warranted. I feel like a tear needs to be warranted in a movie; it needs to be earned.

Andrew Haigh

If you don't open your eyes to other people's lives, you can't even begin to understand how the world works at all.

Andrew Haigh

I went through a period of watching probably too many Bergman films in a row. I felt like I'd discovered the answer to what cinema should be.

Andrew Haigh

I'm happy to do gay material, and I'm gay, and I'm not embarrassed about it, but it's nice not being limited to only doing gay material.

Andrew Haigh

I was not a happy teenager in the slightest.

Andrew Haigh

I don't believe in 'happy ever after' at all as a concept.

Andrew Haigh

I think it is a burden... that we constantly realise that there isn't that much rhyme or reason to why something happens. If we think about that too much, it can make all of our decisions very stressful.

Andrew Haigh

For a long time, gay men fought to be seen as different, doing our own thing: This is our lives; this is what we do. Accept it. There's a conservatism that has come into the gay community: 'We're just like you, just like everyone else.'

Andrew Haigh

Of course everyone should have the right to get married. But I think people need to remember sometimes that we don't all need to be the same. There's thousands of different types of relationships that people can have, whether it's completely monogamous or it's not monogamous, or they're married, or they're single or whatever it is.

Andrew Haigh

For me, it's very important that shows about gay people are messy and complicated and are truthful about what we do.

Andrew Haigh

In stories, those are the moments that hit me the most: when people really don't expect it, don't have it much in their lives, and suddenly, an act of kindness. It's like, 'Oh, God! Heartbreaking!'

Andrew Haigh

If I can do a scene in one shot, it's in one shot. Most of my shots are pretty long. I think with 'Looking,' what we have in the first minute is a whole episode of a traditional TV show. I like to let things breathe; I like to let things have a certain tone.

Andrew Haigh

It's always important to try and get a real sense of the world around my characters. I especially think it helps actors.

Andrew Haigh

The kinds of films I like are the ones that take their time. If you reach an emotional pinnacle too early on in a film, that's kind of it. I think, as in real life, when you're getting to know someone, it starts off slowly.

Andrew Haigh

I'm gay, and I know a lot of very liberal straight people, and, of course, they're absolutely fine, but they still won't necessarily come and see a film like 'Weekend.'

Andrew Haigh

Men are both bad and awful. And women are both bad and awful. And they can both be good and wonderful on both sides.

Andrew Haigh