One of the reasons I wanted to make 'Lean on Pete' was that it wasn't about identity. For me, it's about something more essential underneath: the need to have somewhere to live, to be safe, and have someone to look… — 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 so important to you because you're trying to understand it, and, I think, from the age of, like,… — 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
