Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Profession : Director

Birth : March 4, 1967

I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

It's difficult for me to work with women, because I find that direct references are made back to me too fast. Working with men, it gives it a little distance.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.

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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.

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I was determined to have a spotless house when I grew up.

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In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races.

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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, 'Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done.'

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It was so amazing to fall crazily in love and get married and have kids.

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Snobbery just inhibits you.

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I think the whole of people's psychology and where they are in life interests me, and the decisions you make that take you on particular journeys to different places.

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The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things about it that have definitely informed me. And then, as a parent, it's done the opposite. It's made me feel much more protective. There are boundaries in my kids' lives that I don't think I had.

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When I was out in Georgia doing photographs, I found myself trying to undo my own sense of composition. I'd think, 'Why do I want to take it like this? Is it because I want to take a beautiful picture?' It's quite hard to try and undo it.

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I try to leave things as open ended as possible, not too overladen with meaning.

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