Sam Taylor-Wood quotes
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“I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "This much I know" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.
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“I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.”
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“I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "Kick-Ass Actor's Fiancée Defends Their 24-Year Age Gap" by Tim Nudd, people.com. April 27, 2010.
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“I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.”
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“I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.”
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“I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.
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“I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.”
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“I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.”
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“I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "There's something about Sam" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2009.
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“I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.”
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“I'd love to have more children. If I'm still clear after five years, I'll think again.”
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“Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.”
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“I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.
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“I find that I put my body in my work when I am at a particularly difficult or joyous point because I want to feel that moment.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2012.
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“People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.”
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“I have a massive phobia for schedules and calendars. I need people to tell me where I need to be. I can't bear to see it in black and white. I think it's a fear of being pinned down.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "This much I know" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.
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“I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.”
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“I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono". Interview With Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2012.
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“Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "Films of my life: Sam Taylor-Wood" by Roger Clarke, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2008.
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“After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "New Again: Sam Taylor-Johnson". Interview with David Furnish, Lauren Lieb, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 23, 2013.
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“Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.”
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“Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.”
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“My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.”
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“In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.
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“I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.”
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“I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.
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“I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!”
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“One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.”
-- Sam Taylor-WoodSource : "Sam Taylor-Wood: Director of Nowhere Boy". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 8, 2010.
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