Andrew Haigh

America is so diverse.

— Andrew Haigh

Horses terrify me.

— Andrew Haigh

I was not a happy teenager in the slightest.

— Andrew Haigh

'Call Me by Your Name' is essentially the universal nature of love.

— Andrew Haigh

I like going to a new environment with open eyes.

— Andrew Haigh

People's lives often don't turn out as they expect.

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I don't believe in 'happy ever after' at all as a concept.

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I haven't got muscles, and I don't live in West Hollywood.

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I only want to tell films that I really feel passionate about telling.

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Relationships are so important to all of us.

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For me, it's very important that shows about gay people are messy and complicated and are truthful about what we do.

— Andrew Haigh

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

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.

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I'm really bad at knowing if something I've done is any good. I can't work it out; I can't be objective about…

— Andrew Haigh

With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there.

— Andrew Haigh

When I started making films, it was never that I had this great ambition to only do gay-themed material.

— Andrew Haigh

I always quite like the idea of casting against type when I'm looking for and trying to understand who a character is.

— Andrew Haigh

I feel like, throughout lots of my life, especially growing up, I felt powerless.

— Andrew Haigh

Certain people like the way I make films, and others do not. I've come to terms with the fact that there's no…

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For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If…

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I think it is a burden... that we constantly realise that there isn't that much rhyme or reason to why something happens.…

— Andrew Haigh

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

My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've helped…

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If you don't have money or you come from a background that doesn't have money, it's harder to achieve your ambition in…

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'Looking' was always a niche show for a niche within a niche. It's a gay-themed show, so you're not going to get…

— Andrew Haigh

I think there's always a conflict within me about being comfortable and secure and then being an individual and fighting for what…

— Andrew Haigh

No relationships are perfect. When they develop, there are things that have happened before in your life that you maybe don't discuss.…

— Andrew Haigh

I think the gay community is made up of so many little different things, different parts, different people... I think that can…

— Andrew Haigh

I've traveled a fair amount around the country and visited many states. It's amazing that Oregon is so different from Idaho; even…

— Andrew Haigh

Of course everyone should have the right to get married. But I think people need to remember sometimes that we don't all…

— Andrew Haigh

You can achieve one thing, but because of that, you have to adapt or lose something else. If you end up in…

— Andrew Haigh

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

I love the fact that James Ivory made films about Britain, made 'Howards End' and 'The Remains of the Day,' or that…

— Andrew Haigh

I think it's always interesting to me how we keep secrets from the ones we love the most. You could be so…

— Andrew Haigh

When I was growing up, I was watching fairly standard American cinema.

— Andrew Haigh

I've certainly felt alone a lot of my life.

— Andrew Haigh

When you make a film, everyone wants to define it.

— Andrew Haigh

People like a bit of honesty in films.

— Andrew Haigh

There have been some good British gay films.

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I do make films for personal reasons.

— Andrew Haigh