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Film Quotes by Mike Leigh
- I hope I make films where you walk away . . . with work to do, arguments to have, things to worry about, things to…
- I do not make films which are prescriptive, and I do not make films that are conclusive. You do not walk out of my films…
- But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.
- But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you're not snooping into somebody else's lives?
- I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.
- I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.
- I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.
- The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about…
- You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate improvisations over a…
- Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger…
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