Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say in their lives for one reason or another, mainly to do with the economics of the time. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
There's something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are able to throw the behavior of the men into a particular relief and be playful within a slightly… — 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 Image
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 Image
In London, it's quite a rarefied activity to be on an analyst's couch. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
'The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future. — 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 girlfriends I… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
