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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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" 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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Phyllida Lloyd

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" I started working in London, and I've been free-lance ever since. "

" It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was. "

" As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men. "

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