Theatre Quotes by Marianne Elliott

I suppose that I'm excited by exciting theater. It takes a risk to show us the world in a new way.

— Marianne Elliott

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

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

The actors work out how to create the show with me during the rehearsals. They owe it to themselves and each other…

— Marianne Elliott

It would be quite interesting to use Kermit the Frog to act like a real frog. But it wouldn't produce captivating theatre.

— Marianne Elliott

I had done drama at university, but I never thought I could be a director. There were so few female directors then.…

— Marianne Elliott

I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.

— Marianne Elliott

A bad audition is usually the director's fault, not the actor's. It's up to the director to get the atmosphere right to…

— Marianne Elliott

I hope that subsidised theatres continue to be rewarded for the wonder of talent they provide to this industry, on stage and…

— Marianne Elliott

I think theater is so undervalued. I have seen things there that have been far more vivid than things that actually have…

— Marianne Elliott

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

I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision.

— Marianne Elliott

I've enjoyed lots of productions, and it's always been down to the actors I've been working with.

— Marianne Elliott

I feel that if you're going to do theater, you've really got to throw yourself into the deep end. You have to…

— Marianne Elliott

In subsidized theater, you are encouraged to take risks. It's about being imaginative and artistic. That's the priority. It might not be…

— Marianne Elliott

I believe that theater has to be utterly life-changing for the people watching it.

— Marianne Elliott

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

The better the acting is, the less visible the director and the less visible the actor.

— Marianne Elliott

I was 28 before I started putting on productions. I got in the back door by doing fringe shows and a lot…

— Marianne Elliott

My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as…

— Marianne Elliott

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

I find theater emotionally expensive and all-involving. You have to pour so much blood and passion and heart into it. And so…

— Marianne Elliott