What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to…

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I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.

I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.

In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have...

In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have...

I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than...

I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than...

When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work...

When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work...

So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime...

So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime...

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group...

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group...

I've experienced a private doubt, something that I've kept deeply inside, and then eventually delivered...

I've experienced a private doubt, something that I've kept deeply inside, and then eventually delivered...

You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the...

You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the...

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was...

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was...

I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between...

I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between...

In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When...

In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When...

I tend to arrive in the rehearsal process with very strongly developed ideas about what...

I tend to arrive in the rehearsal process with very strongly developed ideas about what...

I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater,...

I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater,...

If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your...

If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your...

I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being...

I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being...

The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off...

The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off...

Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an...

Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an...

One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed.

One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed.

When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a...

When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a...

In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm...

In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm...