When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met…

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...