Mike Leigh Quotes

My Work Requires Acting At Its Most Committed - It Demands Actors Of Enormous Resilience, But Also Intelligence And Wit. It Doesn't Work For Narcissistic Or Selfish Actors.

Resolve Was Never Stronger Than In The Morning, After The Night, When It Was Never Weaker

But Actually I Make Films That I Think Are Extremely Sophisticated And Cinematic.

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 That We Will Become Colonial Servants Of Hollywood. We Need To Maintain Our Own Integrity.

It Creeps Up On You And Becomes An Obsession. It Comes Out Of Watching A Million Movies.

I'm Old Enough To Have Friends And Contemporaries Who Have Long Since Retired, And That's Their Prerogative - Enough Is Enough; It Doesn't Mean A Thing To Me. But I Haven't Got Any Money, So, You Know, I Just Keep On Working.

I've Walked Out Of Films. But For Every Film I've Ever Walked Out Of, I've Probably Walked Out Of 500 Plays.

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 Long Period, As You Know.

I Think It’s Important That Nobody Forgets That Although Hollywood Commercially Dominates The World Cinema, In Fact What Comes Out Of The Filmmaking Here Is Only A Tiny Slice Out Of The Massive Amount Of Operation That Goes On Around The World.

I'm Developing The Stuff All The Time. There's A Film In My Head. I'm Imagining A Film.

Some Of My Favorite Movies Are Hollywood Movies. Hollywood Is Part Of The Cinematic Spectrum. I Nurture A Healthy Love-hate Relationship With Hollywood.

Films Are Made All Over The World All The Time And Only A Thin Slice Of That Product Is Hollywood.