Phyllida Lloyd Quotes
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To have Hollywood tell me or other women like me that we're not a market that interests them is silly. Good stories work.
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Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place.
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I think I wanted to do something that retained the improvised chaos of 'Mamma Mia' the theatre show which set it apart from all the slick packaged productions.
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I was hellbent on going to drama school, but my mother, rightly, panicked and persuaded me to go to university on the grounds that a degree would be 'something to fall back on.' Whilst at college, I realised I wasn't good enough or robust enough to be an actress.
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Directing is quite a nuts-and-bolts thing. It's a mixture of creating an atmosphere in which actors can feel safe enough to be dangerous.
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You can't wait for someone to discover you; you have to just get on and do it. Have confidence that directing is a very suitable job for a woman - with our gift for collaboration, listening, and reading the nuance of things.
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When I began to direct, I discovered that I was much more comfortable than I was acting.
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I realised you could become fat and bald as a director and still remain employable.
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Margaret Thatcher always felt like an outsider in her party.
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Frankly, I find it very odd that, in a population that's more than 50 per cent of women, that Hollywood isn't producing more movies to cater to that audience. The demographic is being grossly underserved, in my opinion.
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I realized that I didn't think I could stand the psychological battering that actors have to withstand. I just felt I wasn't cut out for that kind of self-promotion.
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I think Margaret Thatcher was a superstar in this country, and I think we all felt we needed a superstar to play her, somebody of huge intelligence, passion, and power and warmth.
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In Europe, it is not so unusual for directors to move between opera, theatre, and film, and I have at least three girlfriends I can think of who have directed in all three genres.
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I have been very lucky, and I think it all goes back to state subsidy for the arts. I gained my training and confidence and credentials in the not-for-profit world, and in England, that does not mean on the fringe of things. It means right at the centre.
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I wanted to be an actress from about the age of five.
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When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension.
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As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men.
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The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.
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I think courage is commensurate with your fear - if you lack imagination and you're fearless, that's not courage to me.
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In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors.