Mike Figgis Quotes

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.

Mike Figgis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 28, 1948

Topics

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And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.

Joan Collins

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I was a hard rocker when I was in high school.

Andie MacDowell

SchoolHigh SchoolHardHighRocker

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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If I have anything to say against Obama it's not because I'm a racist, it's because I don't like what he's doing as President and anybody should be able to feel that way, but what I find now is that if you say anything against him you're called a racist.

Angie Harmon

FeelDoingYouFindSayWay

Strangely enough, politics may just be the one realm in which having kids imposes no penalty on women. Kids are practically a necessity. For scientists, or Supreme Court justices, or chief executives, or the woman who wants to learn to fly F-l8s off an aircraft carrier, it works differently.

Stacy Schiff

WomenPoliticsWomanFlyLearnMay

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

Simon the Zealot

AgeGoldenUsBehindGolden Age

For me, inspiration isn't a sort of spark which lights the fire of the story. It's more like a thread, one of many, which you can tease out of a story once it's written, if you feel so inclined.

Michelle Paver

FireMeStorySparkFeelYou

I think we are not yet well aware that, unfortunately, we have a short time to be moms. This is not to suggest that we should rush to have children or do it in a crazy way. I think that's the most important decision of a woman's life.

Monica Cruz

LifeChildrenTimeDecisionWoman

My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and mediocre in the other. My problem is that I have other interests.

Michael Keaton

GoodExperienceProblemThreeKid

Mulan is so important in Chinese folklore - a fearless girl who cared about her family and country so much that she was willing to join the fight and sacrifice herself.

Ming-Na Wen

FamilyGirlSacrificeFightFearless

Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus.

Lucas Papademos

UnityChoicesForwardImpactEasy

The whole realm of morality and ethics is something that has escaped the attention of women, by and large. And it needs the attention of intellectual women most desperately.

Lorraine Hansberry

WomenEthicsAttentionIntellectual

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