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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So I will be on the mountain waiting Cause I am in need of more attention
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I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.
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Most of us think we've had more trouble than we deserve.
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Be available for life to happen.
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I believe that fantasy in the meaning of imagination is very important. We shouldn't stick too close to everyday reality but give room to the reality of the heart, of the mind, and of the imagination.
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But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
