Top 27 Quotes by Mike Figgis

I want the score to have a really big voice.

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by 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.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

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.

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.

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.

There's nothing I've done which I'm ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.