Quotes About Mike Leigh

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

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.

Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable.

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.

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.