I mean, artistic processes are all about making choices all the time, and the very act of making a choice is the distilling down and the getting to the core of what it is that you care about and what you want to say, really. Mike Leigh actartisticcare share on social
It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies. Mike Leigh creepmillionmovie Change image and share on social
There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things. Mike Leigh awarenessconsciousnessconstant Change image and share on social
There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good actors who you cry for because they're being badly directed or the material isn't good enough. Mike Leigh actorbadbadly share on social
It's an unhealthy habit to say that life is what you make of it, and if you want to be happy, then you can be happy. That's just rubbish, basically. Mike Leigh basicallyhabithappy Change image and share on social
Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too. Mike Leigh choicecircumstancecondition share on social
But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic. Mike Leigh cinematicextremelyfilm Change image and share on social
But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you're not snooping into somebody else's lives? Mike Leigh filmlivesnoop Change image and share on social
I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film. Mike Leigh developfilmhead Change image and share on social
Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable. Mike Leigh 19th20thcentury Change image and share on social