The better the acting is, the less visible the director and the less visible the actor. — Marianne Elliott Acting Copy Share Image
If it is just another run-of-the-mill show, then what is the point? — Marianne Elliott Another Copy Share Image
I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision. — Marianne Elliott Actor Copy Share Image
Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified. — Marianne Elliott Being Copy Share Image
I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress. — Marianne Elliott Anything Copy Share Image
I believe that theater has to be utterly life-changing for the people watching it. — Marianne Elliott Actor Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed lots of productions, and it's always been down to the actors I've been working with. — Marianne Elliott Actor Copy Share Image
You need to see yourself in what you direct, I think - directing is quite self-indulgent from that point of view. — Marianne Elliott Directing Copy Share Image
The actors work out how to create the show with me during the rehearsals. They owe it to themselves and each other… — Marianne Elliott Contract Copy Share Image
Horses are wild animals, essentially, and they're not there to do what humans want them to - they can be browbeaten or… — Marianne Elliott Animals Copy Share Image
I suppose what's so amazing about working at the National Theatre is that, because it's a subsidized theatre, you're not trying to… — Marianne Elliott Amazing Copy Share Image
Often during rehearsals, I catch myself thinking, 'God, this is hard. Why am I always choosing such difficult plays to put on?' — Marianne Elliott Difficult Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to female stories, of which there aren't that many, and particularly to stories now about older women. The things they… — Marianne Elliott Now Copy Share Image
It's predominantly a male society, predominately a male culture, predominantly a male theatre, and predominantly male critics, but that's changing, definitely. — Marianne Elliott Changing Copy Share Image
I've seen many shows ruined by bad reviews and good reviews, so I always tell my actors not to read the reviews… — Marianne Elliott Always Copy Share Image
I think theater is so undervalued. I have seen things there that have been far more vivid than things that actually have… — Marianne Elliott Far Copy Share Image
It's impossible to feel the creative juices flowing if you're always worried about the end result. I think really, really good work… — Marianne Elliott Creative juices 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… — Marianne Elliott Night 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… — Marianne Elliott Passion 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… — Marianne Elliott Audience 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 Be a man Copy Share Image
I was 28 before I started putting on productions. I got in the back door by doing fringe shows and a lot… — Marianne Elliott Confidence Copy Share Image
It's a tremendous asset if you have a visual eye because you can make huge visual statements in a very theatrical way… — Marianne Elliott Acting Copy Share Image
'Friends' is easy to dismiss, but it's really good television - the art with which those actors play with comedy shouldn't be… — Marianne Elliott Art Copy Share Image
I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation. — Marianne Elliott Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm quite unusual in directing terms: I'm a woman. I'm quite a girly girl. I was never academic. — Marianne Elliott Girl Copy Share Image
It's difficult to find an actress prepared to play a fading star. — Marianne Elliott Actress Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I never spoke. I would sit under a table and not speak to anybody. No words for… — Marianne Elliott Never 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 Children Copy Share Image
I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do. — Marianne Elliott I am Copy Share Image
I would like to see more female stories out there, particularly older female stories. — Marianne Elliott Like Copy Share Image
