Andrea Arnold

Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.

I was 18 when I got my first TV job.

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's.

I don't think estates are grim places.

I never write with an actor in mind - never.

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.

I'm much happier behind the camera.

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me.

I was a freestyle dancer; I wasn't trained.

I love insects. They are amazing.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.