Mike Leigh Quotes
But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
Quotes to Explore
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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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The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology.
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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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I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film.
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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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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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It should not be in the book for titillating purposes or settling scores. It should be in the book because of its significance to our recent history.
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I wish I could pull shorts off. My wife tells me that I just can't. But that's okay. I'm tall, I can do other things, like change light bulbs.
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When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her multitude Of golden chalices to humming-birds And silken-wing'd insects of the sky.
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I hope you enjoyed your visit. You never know. You may want to join forever.
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But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
