I only want to tell films that I really feel passionate about telling. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I was watching fairly standard American cinema. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
When I started making films, it was never that I had this great ambition to only do gay-themed material. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I went through a period of watching probably too many Bergman films in a row. I felt like I'd discovered the answer… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I wanted to make films since I was young. My background had nothing to do with anything creative, so it seemed an… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
Whoever my films are about, they'll hopefully still have my sensibility, whatever that is. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
In the end, with all of my films, I want to understand the continuity between these films and understand what they're trying… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
My films are very everyday, and people don't always want to go to the cinema to see ordinary lives. They want to… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
You can't expect to connect with everybody, and that's all right. The more I make films, I'm learning that you don't have… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I think people do like extremes in cinema. There are very few films told about everyday middle-class couples, which is odd to… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
Certain people like the way I make films, and others do not. I've come to terms with the fact that there's no… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've helped… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
The kinds of films I like are the ones that take their time. If you reach an emotional pinnacle too early on… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I think the films that work the best are the ones that seem to be about one thing but then, under the… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
Whoever my films are about, they'll hopefully still have my sensibility, whatever that is. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
I think there's always a conflict within me about being comfortable and secure and then being an individual and fighting for what I want… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've helped create my… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
We have a choice every day to do whatever we do, and that choice is quite scary because it could absolutely change everything about… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
Men are both bad and awful. And women are both bad and awful. And they can both be good and wonderful on both sides. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
I would certainly not support Trump in any way shape or form, but I want to have sympathy. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I like that. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If you feel… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
I've traveled a fair amount around the country and visited many states. It's amazing that Oregon is so different from Idaho; even though Portland… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
The kinds of films I like are the ones that take their time. If you reach an emotional pinnacle too early on in a… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
Coming from a different perspective on a society is really interesting. I love the Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Phantom Thread,' and that's a version of… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
If you don't open your eyes to other people's lives, you can't even begin to understand how the world works at all. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
For me, it's very important that shows about gay people are messy and complicated and are truthful about what we do. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
People have very difficult lives. We can judge them for making the wrong decisions, but if you look harder and understand that these lives… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share
