It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.
Mike FiggisIn 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.
Mike FiggisI'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.
Mike Figgis