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Mike Leigh Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: british
Birth: February 20, 1943

Topics

Out Film Every Ever Plays Films

I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that's where we keep our reputations with ourselves - I mean, we can't quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home.

Family Marriage Home Think Mean

Sunday school don't make you cool forever.

School Cool You Sunday Forever Make

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

Leadership Good Leader Succeed You

You want to be the best at work in order to go out and celebrate.

Work Best Celebrate You Go Want

You hear people say, 'We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.' It's full of humor! Not to laugh is a big, bad mistake!

Humor Mistake Laughter People Laugh

Usually, when you see clothes on a model, by some transitive property, that garment is imbued with her beauty.

Beauty Clothes You See Property Her

I took an improv class, and after my first class, I was like, 'Oh, I just want to do something like this. This is super fun.'

Fun Want Class First Improv Just

I'm an actor doing a job, but I'm also living a life.

Life Job Doing Living Actor Also

Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain.

Christopher Hitchens

Experience Pain Anxiety Long Illness

I actually went to study journalism at Northwestern, thinking that would be my Plan B for a career. But then I realized, if I'm going to struggle and make no money, I might as well do what I really want to do.

Money Struggle Thinking Plan Career

I enjoyed needling the press. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have done it. Writers have rarely played, so as a coach, you have antagonistic feelings about some guy writing up the story of the game who's never even attempted to play it.

Writing Game Story Enjoy You Play

Just do what makes you happy and try. Just go out and audition.

Shanice Williams

Happy You Go Try Out Just

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