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
Being gay, you're kind of forced to ask, I suppose, very existential questions from a very, very early age. Your identity becomes… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I'm happy to do gay material, and I'm gay, and I'm not embarrassed about it, but it's nice not being limited to… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
My straight friends accept I'm gay but they forget that some people don't. Even now, if I go into a party, people… — 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
In the early stages of being out, you meet all these people from all kinds of backgrounds, and the one thing you… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
That's the biggest thing I struggle with. We could never hope to represent every gay person in America. There will be people… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
People don't think the struggles gay people have are worth talking about because everyone's decided that we're all equals now. Those struggles… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I always think that there's a weight of prejudice from the past that gay people perhaps carry around with them. Even if… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
For a long time, gay men fought to be seen as different, doing our own thing: This is our lives; this is… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I think the gay community is made up of so many little different things, different parts, different people... I think that can… — 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
