Mike Leigh Quotes
But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?Mike Leigh
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
Daisaku Ikeda -
Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
Dakota Fanning -
The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
J. G. Ballard -
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.
J. C. Chandor -
I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
Mahesh Babu -
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
Ian Mckellen
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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.
Taraji P. Henson -
I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
Dacre Montgomery -
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.
Manuel Puig -
In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
Dan Shechtman -
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.
Natalie Dormer -
Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.
Ted Cruz
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I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
My wife Victoria Harwood was art director on 'Far North,' and she had designed my student film, 'The Sheep Thief.'
Asif Kapadia -
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.
Kevin Spacey -
We'll probably look at the film tomorrow and see some real good things, but right now we're our own worst enemy.
Joe Gibbs -
We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open
T. S. Eliot -
Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.
E. Lockhart
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The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.
Eriq La Salle -
I love going to tag sales, to auctions.
Lara Spencer -
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe; His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal.
Martin Luther -
The Internet's impact is immense. My students can't imagine ever paying for a book.
Edmund White -
But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
Mike Leigh