I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I had done drama at university, but I never thought I could be a director. There were so few female directors then.… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I am quite an insecure person, and I think that, like any director, if I'm asked about my vision for a piece,… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
A bad audition is usually the director's fault, not the actor's. It's up to the director to get the atmosphere right to… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open.… — 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
My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as… — 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
I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 reason or… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
