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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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
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" One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women. "
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" There's something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are able to throw the behavior of the men into a particular relief and be playful within a slightly larger-than-life way with it. "
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" In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors. "
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" I worked on live studio drama, which was one weird aberration in the 1980s. I worked on the 'Battle of Waterloo,' and my job was to reload the Brown Bess muskets - the only time the audience realised it was live was when somebody leant on a button and plunged the whole studio into blackout. "
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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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" When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension. "
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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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" In London, it's quite a rarefied activity to be on an analyst's couch. "
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" If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous. "
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" Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined. "
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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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" 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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Giving
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" In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have to call on. Both are massive ensemble jobs in which there's incredible pressure to get things done on time and on budget - so much so that making the wrong decision may be better than making no decision at all. "
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" I didn't really realize I was a woman director until I walked onto the set at Pinewood Studios when I did 'Mamma Mia!' and everybody was calling each other 'Governor' and 'Sir'... and then, looking at me, 'Well... good morning!' "
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" In a way, the debate about Margaret Thatcher in Britain has just gotten fossilized in this notion that she is either this she-devil who wrecked the industrial base of the country and ruined the lives of millions, or she is the blessed Margaret who saved the nation and rescued us from our post-war decline. "
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She
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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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Gift
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Woman
" 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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" Margaret Thatcher always felt like an outsider in her party. "
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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 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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" It's the job of the artist to take something that everybody thinks they know about, they've made a decision about, they will be immovable on, and to shine a light on it. "
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" It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was. "
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" Art is all about giving yourself these terrifying challenges, these peaks to climb. You're at the bottom of the mountain at the start of every new project thinking, 'Am I going to make it?' "
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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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" 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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" To be invited to the Park - the greatest free Shakespeare festival in the world - is a great honor, and I don't take it lightly. "
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