I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.

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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.

If you feel very deeply about something, it's not possible to sacrifice your integrity about...

If you feel very deeply about something, it's not possible to sacrifice your integrity about...

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...

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...

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...

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I...

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I...

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...

I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into...

I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into...

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...

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 so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.

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

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...

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...

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final...

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final...

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...

What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other...

What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other...

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...

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...

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...