If a film or any piece of work doesn't entertain, it fails - and that is using the word entertain literally, meaning it holds you there and you become absorbed by it so that you don't walk away and get bored and so on.
Mike LeighGiven the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable.
Mike LeighOne of the reasons the whole Hollywood way of making films wouldn't work for me is because the way I operate would be anathema to anyone who wants to hold a job down in Beverly Hills.
Mike LeighThe main problem is that the Hollywood system has already made the film before the director shoots a single frame.
Mike Leigh