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Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
Sam Taylor-Johnson
English
Director
Born:
Mar 4
,
1967
Life
Me
People
Think
Work
You
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Women
People
Big
Think
Making
Frightened
Decisions
I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Life
My Life
Fearlessly
Always
Want
Lived
I almost never cry, and it's something I don't like about myself. I sometimes try and make myself cry. Sometimes, when I'm in pain, I say if I could just cry it would make it so much easier.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Myself
Sometimes
Try
Pain
Say
Easier
Would
About
Something
Could
Never
Almost
Like
Cry
Make
Just
If I Could
Much
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.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Listening
Drop
Half
Think
Sleeper
Worse
Danger
Sign
Out
Open
Since
Always
Pin
Hear
Been
Your
Ill
Ear
Inner
Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Good
You
Seeing
Exciting
New
Want
Rooftops
Production
Shout
Play
I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Work
Alexander
Pushing
He
Boundaries
Like
Edges
Around
Always
Lot
McQueen
Rough
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
You
Age
People
Else
Our
Those
Daniel
Take
No-One
He
Like
Greatest
Where
Place
Who
Actor
In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Power
Control
Christian
Shades
Seemingly
Does
Fifty
Actually
You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Me
You
Creative
Vision
Try
Think
Out
Knock
Because
Hired
Artist
Creative Artist
Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Journey
Grateful
Incredible
Has-Been
Shades
Directing
Am
Been
Thank
Hugely
Intense
Grey
Which
Fifty
Universal
It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Be Nice
Nice
Enjoy
Bit
Would
Would-Be
Something
Quiet
Autonomous
Again
I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Hope
Women
Strong
Will
More
Directors
Studios
Powerful
Employ
Female
Understand
Material
Answers
Shift
Handle
May
Interesting
Why
Things
Start
My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Mother
Mine
Read
Reads
Tarot
Tarot Cards
Her
Actually
Cards
People tell you you're having chemotherapy, but there are different types of chemotherapy, and you don't know which one you're going to get and how it's going to affect you. The people in the hospitals don't always have time to help you understand it.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Time
You
People
Types
Tell
Having
Hospitals
Know
Understand
Always
How
Chemotherapy
Affect
Get
Going
Different
Which
Help
Different Types
I want to protect my vision, and that's the hardest thing.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Vision
Protect
The Hardest Thing
Want
Hardest
Hardest Thing
Thing
Shooting at Coco Chanel's apartment was an unexpectedly absorbing experience. The essence of Chanel is firmly rooted there in all of her possessions, and I truly believe that her spirit and soul still inhabit the second floor.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Soul
Experience
Believe
Possessions
Spirit
Absorb
Firmly
Still
Truly
Shooting
Unexpectedly
Essence
Apartment
Rooted
Inhabit
Floor
Her
Second
Chanel
You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
You
Be Brave
Kid
Got
Brave
I was living with my stepfather for a while, and then I moved out and went and lived on my own in Hastings-by-the-Sea from about 16.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Own
Living
Out
About
My Own
Stepfather
Moved
While
Then
Lived
My mum has always been quite free-spirited, and she has taught me a lot. I think that is probably why I have the sort of mind that I do.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Me
Mind
Think
She
Sort
Always
Been
Lot
Quite
Taught
Mum
Why
I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
You
Man
Woman
Eyes
Seen
Think
Through
Throughout
Him
Said
Movie
Who
Start
I think I just love films where men have complete breakdowns.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Love
Men
Think
Films
Complete
Just
Where
Even today I work with Niall O'Brien, who is far more technically astute than I am, but I still have the clearest idea of every detail I want in my photograph.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Work
Today
Technically
Every
Astute
Photograph
Detail
More
Idea
Clearest
Am
Still
Than
Want
Far
Who
Even
A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Me
Job
Running
Got
Camden
Friend
Quickly
Door
Place
Which
Palace
Nightclub
I'm fascinated by male vulnerability.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Vulnerability
Male
Fascinated
The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Life
Work
Me
People
World
Beneath
Uncomfortable
Taking
Between
Line
Private
Fertile
Going
Quite
Place
Which
Interested
Public
Them
Public Life
Used
Reason
Lived
Lives
Present
I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Life
Good
My Life
Met
Good Friends
Papers
Seeing
Never
Am
Cameron
Friends
Keep
Her
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