If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
I realized that I didn't think I could stand the psychological battering that actors have to withstand. I just felt I wasn't… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
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… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
In Europe, it is not so unusual for directors to move between opera, theatre, and film, and I have at least three… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
I think I wanted to do something that retained the improvised chaos of 'Mamma Mia' the theatre show which set it apart… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
If you believe that how you do your work is as influential as the work you do, then a theatre rehearsal, which… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
I worked on live studio drama, which was one weird aberration in the 1980s. I worked on the 'Battle of Waterloo,' and… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
I was hellbent on going to drama school, but my mother, rightly, panicked and persuaded me to go to university on the… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
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… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
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… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
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… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
To be invited to the Park - the greatest free Shakespeare festival in the world - is a great honor, and I don't take… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
If you believe that how you do your work is as influential as the work you do, then a theatre rehearsal, which is a… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
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 Copy Share
'The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
In Europe, it is not so unusual for directors to move between opera, theatre, and film, and I have at least three girlfriends I… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
I was given a mask of myself by Frances Barber when we opened 'Julius Caesar.' I looked much younger and prettier. Wearing it was… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
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… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
I was hellbent on going to drama school, but my mother, rightly, panicked and persuaded me to go to university on the grounds that… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
I have been very lucky, and I think it all goes back to state subsidy for the arts. I gained my training and confidence… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share
