Mike Leigh Quotes
My job apart from anything else is to build an ensemble composed of actors who all come from a secure place so that they can all work together to make the film.
Quotes to Explore
-
Conscience is God present in man.
-
I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
-
I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
-
I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
-
Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
-
I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
-
Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
-
I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
-
I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
-
As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable.
-
We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.
-
From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
-
White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.
-
I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.
-
Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
-
She waited for him to explain a universe in which there was so much injustice.
-
Πρὸς κέντρα μὴ λάκτιζε.
-
I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and go completely out of themselves.
-
If you see everything through the lens, you are constantly composing pictures. I think in pictures; I don't think in text.
-
I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.
-
My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
-
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
-
Tony Fernandes is in that goldfish bowl and he's swimming against the tide.
-
My job apart from anything else is to build an ensemble composed of actors who all come from a secure place so that they can all work together to make the film.
