Andrew Haigh Quotes

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

I've found that if you just try to make the film you want, you'll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, you're going to make really boring films.

I don't make films for critics.

You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.

I'm not someone who has to make a film at any cost. I have to find the right way to make it or not at all.

I don't make films for critics, and I'm not particularly interested in what they have to say, and they don't have a bearing on my audiences.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

I'm living as an artist, and that's a staggering feeling, it's a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with so much freedom, I'm determined to make something that is worth that. I feel this responsibility - to create something that makes an audience feel, which takes them somewhere. But that's very hard to achieve.

The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.

I don't play roles everybody likes. I'd rather have a career I'm proud of. Like everyone else, I need to eat. But I'm a very unbusinesslike person, and I keep my price low. I'm not a mass product. I'm not everyone's cup of tea.

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

I wanted to make a film as an artist, and it's going to have to find an audience, you know. I don't know how big the audience will be.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

The magic of movie-making is that you get to fulfill your own dreams.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

I'm not making films just to be bold.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

Every man is an artist.

Regardless of the medium, be it television or feature or documentary, I'm not gonna distinguish and worry about my particular canon, whatever that means.

I don't worry about what everyone wants to see. I make movies that please a writer, director and myself. I always think there are enough people smart as me and sensitive as me.