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 don't like to get in front of people.

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

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.