I've experienced a private doubt, something that I've kept deeply inside, and then eventually delivered a piece of work that people responded to with huge enthusiasm.

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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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...