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
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
But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic. Mike Leigh cinematicextremelyfilm 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 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 think it's important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here is only a tiny slice out of the massive amount of operation that goes on around the world. Mike Leigh amountcinemacommercially 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
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
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
