The great fun of doing new plays is that people have no idea what's going to happen next. That goes quite soon, as people start talking about it, and the only way you can keep hold of that is genuinely… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
It's disingenuous to say that criticism doesn't get to you or you don't hear it or that you ignore it. When everybody says, 'That's crap. I hated that,' you hear it. But it's much, much worse when they're right: when… — 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
