There is a popular misconception that film-makers have to look to Hollywood to be commercially successful but this is how we have been conditioned.
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I've derived a lot of pleasure and education from the theatre. It's great when audiences really enjoy it. It's part of my life.Mike Leigh
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
It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.
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I am not concerned with making esoteric, obscure kinds of films. These are films that can share and talk to anybody about real things.
Mike Leigh
I'm the opposite of parched.
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