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 life. It’s not that you can’t, but it becomes harder. Inequality is one of the worst things that can exist in our society, so I am interested in those kind of things. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
Class is really interesting to me, maybe because I’m from England where there is a pretty hideous, deep-rooted obsession with class. I don’t like the obsession with class, but it certainly interests me. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
For me, it’s very important that shows about gay people are messy and complicated and are truthful about what we do. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Ratcatcher’ blew me away when it came out. When I started making short films, I would watch that film over and over again, marvelling at how that story visually unfolded. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
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 idea of the kind of films I want to make. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
I went through a period of watching probably too many Bergman films in a row. I felt like I’d discovered the answer to what cinema should be. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
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 millions of straight people watching it – that’s the inevitability of it. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
Certain people like the way I make films, and others do not. I’ve come to terms with the fact that there’s no other way I can make films. If I tried to do it in a different way, it would never work. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
We can all understand that feeling of being alone in the world trying to find ways to not be alone. Andrew Haigh Read Quote
