The notion that the staging of the play Harry Potter should be raw magic and street theater rather than high-tech theater, was essential. — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
If the play works in an emotional and engaging way purely from what's on the page, then what's on the stage will be the icing on the cake. If the play didn't work as a play on its own terms,… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
The theater is a communal experience, and whatever the emotional connection between an audience member and the actors onstage, it ripples through the whole… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I think that's so particularly exciting about this moment in time is all the new platforms that are now existing, the Netflixes and the… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
When I did Nicholas Nickelby originally, that was a co-production between the new Channel 4, Polygram in Europe and Mobil Oil in America, and… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
At heart, I'm really interested in this marriage of theater, film and television and I think what happened in the UK and obviously is… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
The White Queen in many ways it is representative of the sort of drama that I'm talking about. The books by Philippa Gregory were… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
In this new digital landscape, this sort of international marketplace, it's come full circle, and I wanted to take advantage of my talent relations… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I think that the marketplace has changed in many dramatic ways but actually in some sense it's remained the same because the challenge of… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
When I started producing it was right at the beginning Channel 4 in England. Nicholas Nickelby which was my first credit as a producer… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
You never know, until you put a play up for an audience, whether it's going to work. Things you think will work don't, and… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I've had a long association with the theater over the years but I had never produced a play and it was something that I'd… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
My career has sort of been characterized by taking advantage of the changes in the marketplace, sometimes by design, sometimes by accident. — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
