It's always important to try and get a real sense of the world around my characters. I especially think it helps actors. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I have seen a lot of gay-themed films that didn't really express how I see being gay at this moment in the… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I'm gay, and I know a lot of very liberal straight people, and, of course, they're absolutely fine, but they still won't… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
A lot of gay-themed films are terrible. And mainstream audiences and the press aren't interested, understandably. — 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
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 Image
I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that. — 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 create my… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I would certainly not support Trump in any way shape or form, but I want to have sympathy. — 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 like that. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
