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
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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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.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable.
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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.
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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.
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I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.
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Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
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She waited for him to explain a universe in which there was so much injustice.
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Πρὸς κέντρα μὴ λάκτιζε.
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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.
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The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.
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Not their love of humanity, but the impotence of their love, prevents the Christians of today - burning us.
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I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.
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I don't really deal with the attention I receive to be honest. I build up a fantasy world around me that I inhabit. I cherry pick elements of literature, music, film, history and art, then weave them together to construct a fantasy reality to live in. It doesn't always work out though, I got evicted from my own fantasy once, which was quite embarrassing.
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For fun, I love to play the drums... poorly. I have a band, a bunch of theater nerds - we got together, and we're like, 'Let's play rock music for three hours and never take breaks.' We call ourselves The U.S. Open.
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I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have limited range as an actor. I can only play people who talk like me.
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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.
