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I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Sometimes photographing people is like pulling teeth, trying to get some sort of personality.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

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-Johnson

I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I eat all the time, and I run all the time.

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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.

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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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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

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.

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Britain can sometimes feel like a very small village, and you're this, I dunno, scarlet woman they're all gossiping about.

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My mum has always been quite free-spirited, and she has taught me a lot. I think that is probably why I have the sort of mind that I do.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

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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When I was eight, a hippie guy taught me how to meditate and gave me this scarf I was supposed to wear when I meditated. I still have it; it's probably one of the items that mean most to me.

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Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.

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If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!

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Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, 'Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done.'

Sam Taylor-Johnson

To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.

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I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.

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I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.

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I think I just love films where men have complete breakdowns.

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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.

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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.

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I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.

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Snobbery just inhibits you.

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Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto.

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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'

Sam Taylor-Johnson

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!

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Shooting at Coco Chanel's apartment was an unexpectedly absorbing experience. The essence of Chanel is firmly rooted there in all of her possessions, and I truly believe that her spirit and soul still inhabit the second floor.

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Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.

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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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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.

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