The good thing from my perspective is that nobody puts any pressure on me to say what it's going to be. The backers accept that they don't know what they are going to get. Mike Leigh acceptbackergood Change image and 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
I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience. Mike Leigh audiencecreateexperience 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
I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays. Mike Leigh filmhaveplay Change image and share on social
My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky; either your relationship works or it doesn't. Mike Leigh experiencelifelucky Change image and share on social
I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity. Mike Leigh greathaveimportant Change image and share on social
I feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema. Mike Leigh cinemaemotionallyeuropean Change image and share on social
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
The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about place and the poetry of place. It's about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across. Mike Leigh accidentcharacterfilm share on social
