If you want to achieve a real labour of love, it can be painful, too. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I love to see great dialogue in the cinema but I hate to see 'Film TV.' — Lynne Ramsay Cinema Copy Share Image
You know, I grew up in a place where people appreciate it when you're very direct. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I don't make films for everybody; if I did that it would be blandness beyond belief. — Lynne Ramsay Belief Copy Share Image
I love movies like 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' that are based on short novellas. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
You know when people ask sometimes what are you doing, and you say just something to them. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
When I walk into a cinema, I want to leave with an experience unrepeatable, unquotable and indescribable. — Lynne Ramsay Cinema Copy Share Image
Film school was frustrating for me at first but I met some cool people like Lucia Zucchetti - she was amazing. — Lynne Ramsay Amazing Copy Share Image
Where I find things tough is when things are hidden, and people don't say what they mean. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
Cinema is a great medium for creating a dream world and entering into it. — Lynne Ramsay Cinema Copy Share Image
It was quite a macho world I grew up in, but it was always cheeky and funny, and the women were the… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in cinema, you know - what it used to be? Images and sound, and working it out a… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
It's funny - sometimes when you approach people they get freaked out but occasionally you'll find a gem who's unselfconscious in front… — Lynne Ramsay Camera Copy Share Image
At the time I left film school there wasn't a lot of hope for young film-makers. It was a calling card of… — Lynne Ramsay Cinema Copy Share Image
Every film has its ups and downs. Each time it seems like pushing a boat over a mountain. I worked on 'The… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
A tendency for the male perspective to dominate responses to films, whether that's commissions or how a film is presented in the… — Lynne Ramsay Audience Copy Share Image
Well, the film industry is completely sexist and completely class-biased. It's not something I get on the ground level, it's more from… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
There's something called toxic stress, which is repeated exposure to trauma. I was fascinated by how it affects the brain and the… — Lynne Ramsay Brain Copy Share Image
I don't want to do worldly cinema: 'Hold your breath, this is art.' — Lynne Ramsay Art Copy Share Image
I can't lose sleep over people who need every last thing spelled out for them. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
You can always tell a great photographer because they make you feel super-relaxed. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I hate exposition and superfluous dialogue. I hate when dialogue is trying to explain or patronize or finger-point. — Lynne Ramsay Communication Copy Share Image
They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I always say I thought I was making this exciting action movie but I actually always end up making character studies. Every… — Lynne Ramsay Action Copy Share Image
I was at film school when I made 'Small Debts' and I was a cinematographer, so I didn't actually study to be… — Lynne Ramsay Cinema Copy Share Image
There's something fascinating about record collector minds, hoards of quotes shared and dealt like cards, lines traded, images bought. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I've found that film-making's not just a job, it becomes part of your whole life. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
99 percent of the time when you cast right, it's a dream. If you cast wrong, it's a nightmare. — Lynne Ramsay Actor Copy Share Image
Quite often you get a lot of films with lots of story but no characterisation. — Lynne Ramsay Cinema Copy Share Image
Working with cool people helps when working with few shots. You trust yourself and them. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
