“I really think people are greatly stimulated and enriched by experiencing in film just as we can from novels and other art, experiencing things that resonate with what our lives are about. I think people really want to know... want to share, want to have the stimulus to think and care about the way they live their lives, the way they relate to other people, their aspirations, their hopes, et cetera.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantArtCareFilmNovelOur LivesShareRelateAspirationStimulusExperiencing Things 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
“The notion that acting is simply about intuitively responding to situations the way you feel couldn't be farther away from how I ask actors to work.” WayFeelsActorsAsksActingSituationNotionResponding Author:Mike Leigh
“The way an actor is trained doesn't ultimately have much bearing on my work. I'm interested in the actor as artist.” WayArtistActors 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
“I wonder if I would have been capable of producing anything if I worked in a more conventional way with a prewritten script, because I'm of the procrastinator class.” IfsWayHas BeensWonderClassCapableScriptsConventionalProcrastinatorConventional Ways 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
