Phyllida Lloyd Quotes
In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre by a female producer, Judy Craymer, and women - in particular, Donna Langley, president of production at Universal - were crucial in giving 'Mamma Mia' a home in Hollywood.
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?
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Death is the beginning of something.
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I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here!
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The 'Black Panther' world taught me about the importance of exfoliating.
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We've been following many forms of democratized ownership, starting with co-ops, land banks at the neighborhood level, municipal ownership and state ownership of banks - there's a whole series of these that attempt to fill the small-scale infrastructure that can build up to a larger theoretical vision.
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You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!
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I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.
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In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre by a female producer, Judy Craymer, and women - in particular, Donna Langley, president of production at Universal - were crucial in giving 'Mamma Mia' a home in Hollywood.
