46 Quotes by Mike Figgis

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.

What I'm interested in is tone, and the ability to articulate in a very minimal way. That's the sign of a mature musician, and that's what I look for.

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.

There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker

The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That’s all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself.

There’s nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker.

In a way, the history of jazz’s development is a small mirror of classical music’s development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.

I’ve spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

I’ve held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.