Andrea Arnold

I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.

My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.

I definitely feel sorry more people don't get to see my films. They aren't inaccessible, and if people got the chance to see them, I know they'd like them.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.