David Farr Quotes

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

David Farr

Perhaps I'm temperamentally driven to see things from the point of view of the attacked rather than the attacker.

David Farr

Directing is extrovert and gregarious; writing is isolating, introverted, and lonely.

David Farr

• Writing
• Lonely

I can only be instinctive in my reaction to Shakespeare.

David Farr

The 'Ramayana' explores the limits of secular freedom and the limits of religion.

David Farr

• Freedom

'Hamlet' is so modern; 'Coriolanus' is utterly alien to our consciousness, and that makes it difficult for us.

David Farr

• Alien
• Hamlet

As a director, I start with the visual.

David Farr

You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!

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I think Le Carre is a great modernist writer, which is to say, in a godless world, he invokes deep, almost religious ideas of betrayal, trust, faith, and that's why we love it.

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• World
• Great
• Why

The forest has always been a place, in fairy tales and in Shakespeare, where you go and discover who you are. You get stripped of everything you thought you were, some type of ordeal takes place, and you come out stronger.

David Farr

• Forest

To try to convey literally what the Garden of Eden was like is meaningless. What matters is its symbolic function.

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• Garden

Write first, worry later.

David Farr

• Worry

'Hamlet' is a play of many strange parts, with ghosts and players, politicians and clowns.

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• Hamlet

Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises.

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• Hood

The thriller protagonist is really just us in extremis. He or she is this individual who is placed under enormous pressure, has huge moral dilemmas and decisions to make.

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• She
• Moral