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 am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!