English - Director | March 4, 1967 -
One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.
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I'm good at keeping secrets.
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Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.
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Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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I'm the lightest sleeper. I can hear a pin drop. It's been worse since I was ill. I think your inner ear is always half open, listening out for the faintest danger sign.
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At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I wasn't the best artist at school by a long shot; it was more the understanding and the support that came from that room.
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I really have learned to live in the moment. I don't question things too much or try to project into the future. That's how life should be.
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Britain can sometimes feel like a very small village, and you're this, I dunno, scarlet woman they're all gossiping about.
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Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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