I have to get out of bed every day to make something happen. Mike Leigh More Quotes by Mike Leigh More Quotes From Mike Leigh Independent filmmaking has always been there and it's not to be forgotten. Mike Leigh independent-filmmaking independent forgotten I take no notice of the trends. It has never concerned me at all. My job is to deal with what I want to deal with and reach an audience by doing so. Mike Leigh trends want jobs In the first place, I'm pretty thorough about whom I choose. I instinctively look for the kind of actor who is going to be trusting. There are all kinds of insecure people out there called actors. Mike Leigh insecure people looks Some deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within the parameters of a certain sort of acting. Mike Leigh insecure acting needs Very occasionally I hire an actor and get it wrong. The actor just doesn't trust the process or me as fully as I thought they would. In this case, you can be quite sure that if an actor is untrusting, it's got nothing to do with me or the process. Mike Leigh cases actors process 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. Mike Leigh actors acting way 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. Mike Leigh beverly-hills hollywood jobs I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker. Mike Leigh british cinema world There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds. Mike Leigh independent odds country I did sit in cinemas as a kid looking at English and American movies thinking, "Wouldn't it be great if the characters were like real people?" And the worst thing is films are constantly advertising themselves, drawing attention to their style of things. But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic. But you don't want the audience thinking about the bloody film. You want them to think about what's going on, and believe in it. Be flies on the wall, you know? Mike Leigh wall real believe The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that they can't be organic. Mike Leigh useless actors acting When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between themselves and the characters they are playing while at the same time remain in character and spontaneous requires a sophisticated combination of skills and spirit. Mike Leigh skills character thinking Some of my favorite movies are Hollywood movies. Hollywood is part of the cinematic spectrum. I nurture a healthy love-hate relationship with Hollywood. Mike Leigh hollywood healthy hate
