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

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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...

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...

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...

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 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 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'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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is...

A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...