Mike Figgis Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I am a Buddhist.
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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I don't have goals in life.
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My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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I don't need to speak about N'Golo; everyone knows about him. He's everywhere. I think, sometimes when I'm on the pitch, I see him twice. One on the left, one on the right. I think I'm playing with twins!
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I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.
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I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
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We are all rebellious teenagers. Sometimes we grow out of it, and sometimes we don't.
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Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character has been that complete and detailed.
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I had admired the way the producers of the 'Harry Potter' franchise had found David Yates, who ended up doing their four final movies, and he'd come from television.
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Many people love me, many people hate me - there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it.
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My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.
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Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.
