“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.” ThinkingWorldImportantFactsForgetGoes OnAmountHollywoodTinyAround The WorldOperationsCinemaMassiveFilmmaking Author:Mike Leigh
“Films are made all over the world all the time and only a thin slice of that product is Hollywood.” WorldMadeFilmProductsHollywood Author:Mike Leigh
“I know, that trends and all of those things and formulae that calculate what audiences want to see and what audiences don't want to see and various other demographic demarcations are the eccentric and ludicrous prerogative of Hollywood studios. But out there in the real world - by which I mean the rest of the world where we make truthful organic films, independent films unimpeded by interference - it's not about all those sort of calculating what is commercial. It's about wanting to say things and saying them in a way that will get through to people.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantMeanRealFilmAudienceHollywoodIndependentVariousStudiosTrendsReal WorldTruthfulEccentricInterferenceDemographicsIndependent FilmCalculatingPrerogativeHollywood Studios Author:Mike Leigh
“I grew up looking at... going to the movies a lot, as much as they'd let you. I grew up in Manchester in the north of England in the '40s and '50s. I saw a lot of movies. They were all Hollywood and British movies. I didn't see a film that wasn't in English until I was 17 when I went to London to be a student.” FilmSawsStudentsGrewGrew UpHollywoodEnglandBritishLondonManchester Author:Mike Leigh
“Some of my favorite movies are Hollywood movies. Hollywood is part of the cinematic spectrum. I nurture a healthy love-hate relationship with Hollywood.” HateHealthyHollywoodMy FavoriteNurtureSpectrumLove HateCinematicHollywood MoviesLove Hate RelationshipLove And Hate RelationshipHealthy Love Author:Mike Leigh
“One of the reasons the whole Hollywood way of making films wouldn't work for me is because the way I operate would be anathema to anyone who wants to hold a job down in Beverly Hills.” WayWantReasonWholeWould BeJobsFilmHollywoodHillsBeverly HillsAnathema Author:Mike Leigh
“The main problem is that the Hollywood system has already made the film before the director shoots a single frame.” MadeProblemFilmDirectorsHollywood Author:Mike Leigh
“A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.” FeelsReasonFilmIndustryHollywoodCommittedBritishInfrastructureFilm IndustryBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“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.” NeedsShouldRealFilmPrinciplesDangerIndustryIntegrityHollywoodBritishCompromiseServantMakersRevivalFilm IndustryNever CompromiseBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“Given the choice of Hollywood or poking steel pins in my eyes, I'd prefer steel pins.” EyeChoicesGivenHollywoodSteelPins Author:Mike Leigh
“I do not make films which are prescriptive, and I do not make films that are conclusive. You do not walk out of my films with a clear feeling about what is right and wrong. They're ambivalent. You walk away with work to do. My films are a sort of investigation. They ask questions . . .. Sometimes I hear that some [Hollywood] studio is interested in me. Then they discover that this is the guy who works with no script, that there is no casting discussion, no interference, that I have the final cut, and that does it.” DoeSometimesFeelingsFilmGuyAsksWalksClearCuttingHollywoodFinalsScriptsStudiosCraftsDiscussionInvestigationCastingInterferenceAmbivalentHollywood Studios Author:Mike Leigh
