Mike Leigh Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good actors who you cry for because they're being badly directed or the material isn't good enough.”

“You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate improvisations over a long period, as you know.”

“I feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema.”

“I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.”