British - Director | December 27, 1966 -
I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision.
Marianne Elliott
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You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.
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Horses are wild animals, essentially, and they're not there to do what humans want them to - they can be browbeaten or cajoled or trained, but they don't hear English; they're not obedient most of the time.
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Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified.
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I find theater emotionally expensive and all-involving. You have to pour so much blood and passion and heart into it. And so much time. Why do that for something that's only vaguely interesting and anyone can do it?
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I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.
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We're always steered towards what is good in the canon by a male perspective. I like to do plays with a female protagonist who finds her way through. My way is unusual.
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If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.
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I'm interested in teasing out the contemporary issues in what I'm working on, however old the piece might be, whenever I'm working on it.
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The less subsidy we have, the more the 'producers' take over, and the 'bottom line' becomes the raison d'etre. That's quite an unappealing landscape for artists.
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When I was a kid, I never spoke. I would sit under a table and not speak to anybody. No words for years.
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With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.
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