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" Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Never
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Had
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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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" 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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Find
" When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension. "
Phyllida Lloyd
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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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Enough
Feel
" 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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Mother
Me
Good
" As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men. "
Phyllida Lloyd
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Men
More
" 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?' "
Phyllida Lloyd
Mountain
You
Yourself
" Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say in their lives for one reason or another, mainly to do with the economics of the time. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Voice
Writing
Beginning
" Margaret Thatcher always felt like an outsider in her party. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Always
Party
Outsider
" I realised you could become fat and bald as a director and still remain employable. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Director
Bald
Become
" If you believe that how you do your work is as influential as the work you do, then a theatre rehearsal, which is a microcosm of the world, is the perfect place to model social change because if it doesn't work this time, you can try again on the next production. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Theatre
You
Change
" 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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Job
Light
Shine
" 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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Pressure
Management
Decision
" One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Pieces
Theatre
Great
" If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous. "
Phyllida Lloyd
You
Actor
Need
" To have Hollywood tell me or other women like me that we're not a market that interests them is silly. Good stories work. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Me
Women
Silly
" I was given a mask of myself by Frances Barber when we opened 'Julius Caesar.' I looked much younger and prettier. Wearing it was certainly cheaper than Botox. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Mask
Myself
Barber
" Opera is too obsessed with buildings. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Obsessed
Opera
Buildings
" The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Power
Who
You
" In London, it's quite a rarefied activity to be on an analyst's couch. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Activity
Quite
London
" 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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Giving
Home
Theatre
" 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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Men
Behavior
Doing
" If you have bad hair and you bite your nails, nobody expects that you can't direct plays. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Your
Bad
Hair
" Do as much theatre as you can while you're at school. "
Phyllida Lloyd
While
You
School
" 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
Nation
Debate
" 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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Theatre
Move
Film
" When I began to direct, I discovered that I was much more comfortable than I was acting. "
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Much
More
Comfortable
" 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. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Take
Free
Great
" I wanted to be an actress from about the age of five. "
Phyllida Lloyd
Wanted
Five
Age
" In a way, 'Mamma Mia!' was such a left-field thing for me. "
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Way
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