I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life. — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or… — 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
