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Mike Figgis

"The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place."

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Akiroq Brost

"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."

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Akiroq Brost

"I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?"

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Akiroq Brost

"But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us."

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Akiroq Brost

"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."

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"The world is not black and white. More like black and grey."

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"We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world."

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Akiroq Brost

"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."

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"There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep."

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"Making a million dollars is the simplest thing in the world. Just find a product that sells for $2000 and that you can buy at a cost of $1000, and sell a thousand of them."

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"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

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Mike Figgis
"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."

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Mike Figgis
"One of the things I love about cinema is the range."

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Mike Figgis
"The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place."

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

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Mike Figgis
"You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there."

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Mike Figgis
"But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking."

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Mike Figgis
"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."

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Mike Figgis
"I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker."

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Mike Figgis
"You make sure that there's a structure that's interesting for them to play on top of, then do temp versions and try it on the film. By the time the players come to the recording session, I've found what works. So I'm not wasting their time."

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

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