So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had…

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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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.

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

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...