Top 27 Quotes by Mike Figgis

I had no plans to be a director.

It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.

Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.

You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there.

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.