I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I believe that theater has to be utterly life-changing for the people watching it. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I had a very embarrassing time acting extremely badly at university, which is when directing suddenly became so attractive. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed lots of productions, and it's always been down to the actors I've been working with. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
The better the acting is, the less visible the director and the less visible the actor. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I suppose that I'm excited by exciting theater. It takes a risk to show us the world in a new way. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
Staging any play is very exposing because, if you are going to do it well, you have to put so much of… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
There's a certain type of theatre that I haven't got any time for at all - established, boring, same-old stuff without any… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
The actors work out how to create the show with me during the rehearsals. They owe it to themselves and each other… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I find theater emotionally expensive and all-involving. You have to pour so much blood and passion and heart into it. And so… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I always loved and secretly wanted to do 'Company.' It was produced on Broadway in 1970, and it's about a successful 35-year-old… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
The plays I choose to work on are about having masks. We all have masks in life, but there is a different… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I feel that if you're going to do theater, you've really got to throw yourself into the deep end. You have to… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I suppose that I'm excited by exciting theater. It takes a risk to show us the world in a new way. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
I'm interested in teasing out the contemporary issues in what I'm working on, however old the piece might be, whenever I'm working on it. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
It's incredible how London-centric the theatre world is. Certain actors won't travel away from London anymore for work; practitioners often aren't taken seriously enough… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
I just think that you have to approach anything you do with a huge amount of integrity - I don't really care where it… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
There's a certain type of theatre that I haven't got any time for at all - established, boring, same-old stuff without any reason or… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
As you get older, you realise that your identity becomes more important - the environment in which you have grown is actually part of… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
It is draining when you have a child, and there aren't many women directors with kids out there as role models. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
The actors work out how to create the show with me during the rehearsals. They owe it to themselves and each other to maintain… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you never actually… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
I'm always drawn to female stories with female protagonists, and I particularly yearn for more older actresses to take centre stage in 2018. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share
