Quotes by Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis

But I don’t have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

Desire

Movie

Strong

Each film is different. Time Code was very quick – a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But then the shooting process was very quick – 16 days.

Eight

Missing

Years

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

Film

Periods

Theatre

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

Cameras

Friendly

Trying

I had no plans to be a director.

Directors

Plans

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

Cameras

Instruments

Musical

I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn’t very impressed.

Film

Firsts

Hollywood

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

Guitar

Piano

Play

I never had any urge or desire to do like a big spectacular movie with thousands and thousands of extras. I’d rather watch paint drying. But put me in a room with three people having a hard time, like a character situation, and then you’re into a really intense portraiture kind of concept.

Character

Hard Times

People

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

Guitar

Piano

Play

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Accidents

Actors

Agents

Apology

Art

Ashamed

Cameras

Character

Cinema

Country

Desire

Development

Directors

Done

Drama

Eight

Failing

Fans

Film

Firsts

Friendly

Giving

Guitar

Hard Times

Harmony

Healthy

Hollywood

Humorous

Ideas

Instruments

Interesting

Leaving

Littles

Live Theatre

Loss

Lost Friendship

Made

Mirrors

Missing

Movement

Movie

Moving

Musical

Musician

People

Periods

Piano

Plans

Play

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Quotes by Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis

But I don’t have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

Each film is different. Time Code was very quick – a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But then the shooting process was very quick – 16 days.

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

I had no plans to be a director.

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn’t very impressed.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

I never had any urge or desire to do like a big spectacular movie with thousands and thousands of extras. I’d rather watch paint drying. But put me in a room with three people having a hard time, like a character situation, and then you’re into a really intense portraiture kind of concept.

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

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