Mike Leigh Quotes

He's [Constable] a great painter as far as it goes, but I don't think he's remotely interesting. Not really. It's very pretty and it's very thorough, but it's not evocative, it's not dramatic, it doesn't do what Beethoven does - it doesn't shake you down to the roots of your soul, which Turner does. Constable is just very nice, basically. And moving on to personality, Constable was a very dull character.

Mike Leigh

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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.

Edmund White
- Experience
- Book
- Man
I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.

Carli Lloyd
- Change
- Fake
- Talking
I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.

Becki Newton
- Business
- Best
- New
The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.

Patrick Macnee
- People
- Radio
- Holocaust
But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

Dabney Coleman
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

Yo-Yo Ma
- Music
- Force
- Jazz