I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the str…

- Julia Leigh

I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.

- Julia Leigh

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

- Julia Leigh

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 someth…

- Julia Leigh

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.

- Julia Leigh

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

- Julia Leigh

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

- Julia Leigh

I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular.

- Julia Leigh

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

- Julia Leigh