My work is about life as you and I experience it. Youre either lucky or youre not lucky either your relationship works or it doesnt. – Mike Leigh
The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that its not all about characters, relationships and themes, its also about place and the poetry of place. Its about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across. – Mike Leigh
My work requires acting at its most committed – it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesnt work for narcissistic or selfish actors. – Mike Leigh
The trouble with anyone when theyre unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but dont know what to do about is that they cant see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isnt there anymore, you have to do something about it. – Penelope Wilton