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
My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors. Mike Leigh actactorcommit 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
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
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
You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate improvisations over a long period, as you know. Mike Leigh cameraelaboratefilm 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
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
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
