Mike Leigh Quotes
A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.Mike Leigh
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Dakota Fanning -
I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
Irrfan Khan -
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 -
Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
Parker Posey -
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 read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.
Zoe Kazan
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The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
Navjot Singh Sidhu -
I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.
Aaron Sorkin -
If the money's right, I'll do a film.
Oliver Reed -
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
K. D. Lang -
Sometimes friends move apart from each other for whatever reason.
Magic Johnson -
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
H. L. Mencken
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You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.
Vera Farmiga -
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
Ellie Goulding -
I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.
Janet Jackson -
I wouldn't feel right wearing clothes covering my body.
Christina Aguilera -
I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn't want to do anyway.
LL Cool J
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The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.
M. E. W. Sherwood -
Because you are a great lord, you think you are a great genius! . . . Nobility, wealth ... You went to the trouble of being born—nothing more! For the rest—a very ordinary man!
Pierre Beaumarchais -
I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.
Elsie de Wolfe -
I like carrots that have got a bit of personality and have three or four legs! They may look weird but they taste fantastic.
William Katt -
Life is here, death is over there. I am here, not over there.
Haruki Murakami -
A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.
Mike Leigh