Mike Figgis Quotes & Sayings
27 most famous Mike Figgis quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 76 year old British director born on Feb 21, 1948.
“I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.”
“In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.”
“Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.”
“You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there.”
“The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.”
“There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.”
“I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.”
“The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.”
“In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material.”
“Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.”
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