English - Director | March 7, 1973 -
I've certainly felt alone a lot of my life.
Andrew Haigh
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I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that.
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One of the reasons I wanted to make 'Lean on Pete' was that it wasn't about identity. For me, it's about something more essential underneath: the need to have somewhere to live, to be safe, and have someone to look after you.
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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.'
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I always think that there's a weight of prejudice from the past that gay people perhaps carry around with them. Even if it doesn't exist so much around them, they still have a feeling of being excluded, and perceived prejudice is almost as unsettling as actual prejudice.
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People like a bit of honesty in films.
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I have seen a lot of gay-themed films that didn't really express how I see being gay at this moment in the world. There never seemed to be a kind of authentic depiction of relationships.
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I wanted to make films since I was young. My background had nothing to do with anything creative, so it seemed an impossible task.
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I always quite like the idea of casting against type when I'm looking for and trying to understand who a character is.
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With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there.
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There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I like that.
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It's very important that all the supporting characters feel like they've existed in the world, that they've had a history, and they'll go on to have a history within the scope of the story rather than just popping up and then disappearing.
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