Mike Leigh

And it was nonsense. Right. But I had, from an early age, could draw and was fascinated by movies and theater and all the rest of it. So the journey was inevitable, really. Right. But to some degree, and I think this is key to what we may be talking about, to some degree it was motivated and inspired by things that I saw. But as much as anything, it was a reaction to my environment.

And of course, those tensions, those class tensions and all the things that are implicit in what I've just identified, are there in my films.

And of course, those tensions, those class tensions and all the things that are implicit in what I've just identified, are there in my films.

And of course, those tensions, those class tensions and all the things that are implicit in what I've just identified, are there in my films.

Manchester hat die zweitgrößte jüdische Gemeinschaft in den USA. Und es ist eine sehr alte jüdische Gemeinschaft. Oh nein, das war der Welt. Und ich war auch in einem sozialistischen, zionistischen Jugendmovement. Die Überzeugung war, dass wir alle Kibbutzniks werden. Und diese Kollegen von mir, die überlebt haben, wir sind überrascht. and disgusted and traumatized by what's going on.

Manchester hat die zweitgrößte jüdische Gemeinschaft in den USA. Und es ist eine sehr alte jüdische Gemeinschaft. Oh nein, das war der Welt. Und ich war auch in einem sozialistischen, zionistischen Jugendmovement. Die Überzeugung war, dass wir alle Kibbutzniks werden. Und diese Kollegen von mir, die überlebt haben, wir sind überrascht. and disgusted and traumatized by what's going on.

Manchester hat die zweitgrößte jüdische Gemeinschaft in den USA. Und es ist eine sehr alte jüdische Gemeinschaft. Oh nein, das war der Welt. Und ich war auch in einem sozialistischen, zionistischen Jugendmovement. Die Überzeugung war, dass wir alle Kibbutzniks werden. Und diese Kollegen von mir, die überlebt haben, wir sind überrascht. and disgusted and traumatized by what's going on.

It's horrendous. Terrible.

It's horrendous. Terrible.

It's horrendous. Terrible.

And they're... We're all horrified. Of course, I also know people that went and are Israelis and I have Israeli relations, in fact. Yeah. But that's another story. Sure, sure.

And they're... We're all horrified. Of course, I also know people that went and are Israelis and I have Israeli relations, in fact. Yeah. But that's another story. Sure, sure.

And they're... We're all horrified. Of course, I also know people that went and are Israelis and I have Israeli relations, in fact. Yeah. But that's another story. Sure, sure.

Yeah, drawing and putting on plays, being in plays.

Yeah, drawing and putting on plays, being in plays.

Yeah, drawing and putting on plays, being in plays.

Oh yeah, I went to drama school in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship when I was 17, in fact.

Oh yeah, I went to drama school in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship when I was 17, in fact.

Oh yeah, I went to drama school in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship when I was 17, in fact.

You auditioned.