Lynne Ramsay

I want an audience.

— Lynne Ramsay

Families are so complicated.

— Lynne Ramsay

Kevin' was shot in 30 days.

— Lynne Ramsay

A 30-day shoot is a nightmare.

— Lynne Ramsay

Writing's so hard.

— Lynne Ramsay

I love Aphex Twin's 'Rhubarb.'

— Lynne Ramsay

I grew up on film noir.

— Lynne Ramsay

I'm attracted to challenging subject matter.

— Lynne Ramsay

I don't want to do worldly cinema: 'Hold your breath, this is art.'

— Lynne Ramsay

Sometimes what you don't show creates more of a mystery.

— Lynne Ramsay

I just like working with good actors.

— Lynne Ramsay

My brother gave my mother a lot of trouble.

— Lynne Ramsay

Short stories can make for really good adaptations.

— Lynne Ramsay

I think audiences are quite sophisticated.

— Lynne Ramsay

I love to see great dialogue in the cinema but I hate to see 'Film TV.'

— Lynne Ramsay

I came from a background of photography so I look at details and visuals, and I see things in pictures or signs.

— Lynne Ramsay

I guess I've never really done a straight adaptation. It's been more like 'in the spirit of,' you know?

— Lynne Ramsay

It's a real skill to take a piece of literature and make it in cinema. It's quite a different form, and I…

— Lynne Ramsay

I love writing openings, and I think that can give me the key to the movie. So somehow, that can be the…

— Lynne Ramsay

Straight talking and going on your instincts was important when I grew up. And being funny.

— Lynne Ramsay

It interests me when I hear people quoting great thinkers, because it's like, OK, but does that make you any brighter?

— Lynne Ramsay

I am committed when I make a film and if it takes a long time I would rather wait.

— Lynne Ramsay

I don't really watch TV; YouTube is far more entertaining. But I have tuned in to 'X Factor' - I like trash…

— Lynne Ramsay

Whatever we take from a film - personal, public, private, subconscious - a list can only contain moments that are often a…

— Lynne Ramsay

I've got a reputation for being difficult, and yet with my crew and my cast, I'm super-collaborative and we get on really…

— Lynne Ramsay

I suppose every filmmaker, at least the filmmakers I really like, are amateur psychologists to a degree. Or they come from a…

— Lynne Ramsay

Maybe I should be a literary agent. I'm good at picking up on books that become successful before it happens. I could…

— Lynne Ramsay

With dialogue, people say a lot of things they don't mean. I like dialogue when it's used in a way when the…

— Lynne Ramsay

If you feel you have made a great piece of work, which the script for 'The Lovely Bones' was, and that it…

— Lynne Ramsay

When I was younger, making films was so all-consuming. It was a life-or-death thing. Films still mean so much to me when…

— Lynne Ramsay

We Need To Talk About Kevin,' as an adaptation, was pretty major. It's a long book, and it's in letters, so it…

— Lynne Ramsay

Films I've really liked are when you've walked out and you're still in that movie for a while. That's virtual reality for…

— Lynne Ramsay

Morvern Callar's' a really weird film, in a sense, where I was trying to experiment with taking things in a different direction,…

— Lynne Ramsay

Don't try and change things for other people. Don't try and be persuaded by producers and people to change your vision. If…

— Lynne Ramsay

You've got to stick up for what you believe in. If you don't do that, you're doing a disservice to the audience,…

— Lynne Ramsay

To me, most filmmaking is a kind of visualization of how people are. The dark, the light, the absurdity of life, all…

— Lynne Ramsay

When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up…

— Lynne Ramsay

In my short film, 'Gasman,' I shot it at a kid's party. And the kids were just having a party - they…

— Lynne Ramsay

I don't want to become a director for hire.

— Lynne Ramsay

My adaptations are just as complicated as an original.

— Lynne Ramsay