I love test screenings. Some directors don't, I know. But I love it. I think it's because I come from the theatre and in the theatre, previews are where you really have to listen to the audience and really feel… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
In issues of recent ethnic wars and genocides - particularly if you look at Darfur - one of the most remarkable things is our… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can do as… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
When I got married, my mother was very surprised. She said: 'What on earth is going on? I thought you were gay? — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
Well, there are three different processes of making a film, of course. They're sort of re-written three times. You write it to start with,… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
Most theater methodology is predicated on the idea of repeated actions. That's what you work toward. Having the actor repeat the same moment eight… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on set making… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I am, in fact, Superman. Every morning I wake up and go into a telephone booth and change my costume, and then go to… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
Is it appropriate still for a German to have a gun? I only use that as an example of a country that's still deeply… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
As soon as I know how to do something, I usually get bored with it. — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it's a country I knew very well, spent a lot of… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
There are a few writers that one has a relationship with that means, basically, you do whatever they say. One is Caryl Churchill, and… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
With journalism, films always have to be to do with some personal statement of your own. As a general rule, I resist that. In… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
