All Julia Leigh Quotes
- Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head. Collaborative
- I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it. Act
- I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize. Adaptable
- I don't think good films have messages. Film
- I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema. Cinema
- I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. Alchemical
- I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other. Ear
- I, myself, don't like to see a film on Friday night and then forget it by the next day. Day
- It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree. Contest
- One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that. Atmosphere
- The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer. Akin
- I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film.… Cinema
- I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left… Break
- The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor… Actor
- To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever… Exercise
- I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular. All
- The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work. Frighteningly
- There is a difference between a voyeur and a tender witness. Maybe I think the audience is more of a tender witness than a voyeur,… Audience
- The most important thing is to have something important to say and finding the means to say it. Finding
- We stitch together our days and edit out our nights. Days
- All this talk about writing is a little bit moot, because it is almost an unthinking process. It is actually a paradox because you are… All