“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
“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.” KnowsLongImportantWorryIntegrityPressesKnow Me Author:Mike Leigh
“It's important to be true to the events, but the most important thing is to get to the essence of the experience. Not to be bogged down in an academic way by a notion of the truth. First of all, the truth is an illusive and spurious concept.” WayFirstsImportantEventsTruth IsConceptsEssenceImportant ThingsNotionBeing TrueAcademic Author:Mike Leigh
“Because of the way that I work with the actors and because a scene is not in this rigid and literal interpretation of something written, I can constantly change stuff, which means I can get a scene absolutely perfect, and then when we go to shoot it, the requirements of the shot mean it would be useful to extend the dialogue or take a line out or swap things around. So the camera doesn't serve the action. The action serves the camera. That's important. So it becomes more and more organic and integrated.” MeanImportantActionPerfectSceneDialogueIntegrated Author:Mike Leigh
