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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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...

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 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...

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'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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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'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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...