The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.
Mike LeighI wonder if I would have been capable of producing anything if I worked in a more conventional way with a prewritten script, because I'm of the procrastinator class.
Mike LeighI feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema.
Mike LeighSome deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within the parameters of a certain sort of acting.
Mike Leigh