American - Director | April 19, 1957 -
After raising twins, you get organized.
Scott Ellis
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The night before 'The Elephant Man' opened, we had a sleepover for 12 kids. Being organized is the key.
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I get to choose the people I work with.
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Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don't get hurt.
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My directing style has changed over the years. I allow things to breathe a lot more.
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I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.
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'You Can't Take It With You' has eighteen people onstage at one point. Musicals entail a larger collaboration, and I love that.
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Any director who comes into a revival owes a great deal to the original director. If I know the backbone works, it gives me, as a director, much more freedom to bring something new to it or try something different.
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'On the Twentieth Century' was always something I wanted to do because of Kristin Chenoweth.
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The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.
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Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part.
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You can't live like a monk if you have two five-year-old twins. That ain't happening. Just the opposite, actually.
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