you work with brilliant actors, there's no question that people like timothy spall, who you've made atant actors, but they are maybe not on the top of the to get the kinds of people who are into your movies that haven't traditionally seen a mike leigh movie. i've seen the logic, but it doesn't really wash. it's not really what it's about. how bleak are you? i just wonder if you're feeling particularly bleak to the point where you're close to giving up, because this is a quote from an updated version of a book leon lee, you are quoted as saying, "my unscripted films, just not commercial, fair enough." it is just a shock after half a century to discover that the game is up, thejoke is over and the curtain is probably coming down. i think i should be allowed a little hyperbole. laughter i'm not bleak and i'm notl giving up. in fact, i don't remember saying that, but i know i did. it's in the book. i'm not at all pessimistic, to be honest. a broader question about the culture. there's a lot of discussion and i have it with different artists in different media at the moment about the cultur

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