Mike Leigh Quotes

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.
Mike Leigh

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.
Mike Leigh

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

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

There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.
Mike Leigh

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Mike Leigh Quotes

Type: Director Quotes Category: British Director Quotes Date of Birth: February 20, 1943 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Mike Leigh Related Authors: Ridley Scott Guy Ritchie Sam Mendes Alex Cox John Grierson Tony Scott Val Guest John Schlesinger Michael Apted	Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. Mike Leigh It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies. Mike Leigh 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 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 There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things. Mike Leigh