Mike Leigh Quotes
I think it’s important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here is only a tiny slice out of the massive amount of operation that goes on around the world.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God.
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I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
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I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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I've always worked hard to create my own style. Nobody sounds like me. I've heard them call me 'legendary.' That feels pretty good... though the word is overused these days.
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I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.
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Even a child with normal feet was in love with the world after he had got a new pair of shoes.
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You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
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I think it’s important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here is only a tiny slice out of the massive amount of operation that goes on around the world.
