I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself. Jane Campion bigconsiderengland share on social
I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working. Jane Campion interestwork Change image and share on social
But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics. Jane Campion clearmodernorientation Change image and share on social
When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote. Jane Campion andrewbiographyfresh Change image and share on social
'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative. Jane Campion admitadultattempt share on social
I had this spooky psychological thing about 'The Piano' before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because a film tends to set up the way people are going to behave. Jane Campion beginbehavefilm Change image and share on social
I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive. Jane Campion alivefeltfilm Change image and share on social
I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too. Jane Campion audienceconservativefeature Change image and share on social
Actual violence has no attraction for me at all. Jane Campion actualattractionviolence Change image and share on social
Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats's world by Andrew Motion's biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats's letters and his poems. The letters were fresh, intimate and irreverent, as though he were present and speaking. The Keats spell went very deep for me. Jane Campion agoandrewback share on social
