Julia Leigh
Julia Leigh
Julia Leighis an Australian novelist, film director and screenwriter...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionNovelist
CountryAustralia
maybe shady voyeur witness
There is a difference between a voyeur and a tender witness. Maybe I think the audience is more of a tender witness than a voyeur, which has a shady undertone.
writing space roles
The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor is it the 'me' that works with the actors. Here, at the end of the film doing interviews, I feel like I'm in disguise.
ideas world cinema
I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.
athlete elite-athletes concentration
The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.
atmosphere important ephemeral
One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.
friday night next-day
I, myself, don't like to see a film on Friday night and then forget it by the next day.
writing thinking tone
I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.
remember forget forget-it
I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it.
together directors filmmaking
Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.
long great-things long-time
The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.
edit stitch
We stitch together our days and edit out our nights.