Mike Leigh Quotes
But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
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I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
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Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.
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I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.
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My wife Victoria Harwood was art director on 'Far North,' and she had designed my student film, 'The Sheep Thief.'
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It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
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I told them, 'Don't even think about the camera. It may not even be near you. Just have the party.' And then there's somebody in the middle of them shooting film.
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We'll probably look at the film tomorrow and see some real good things, but right now we're our own worst enemy.
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In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.
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Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.
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But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
