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 Read Quote
It’s an unhealthy habit to say that life is what you make of it, and if you want to be happy, then you can be happy. That’s just rubbish, basically. Mike Leigh Read Quote
I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it’s obvious he’s not going to be in one of my films. Mike Leigh Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies. Mike Leigh Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve walked out of films. But for every film I’ve ever walked out of, I’ve probably walked out of 500 plays. Mike Leigh Read Quote
Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable. Mike Leigh Read Quote
But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic. Mike Leigh Read Quote
