Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified. — Marianne Elliott Being 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
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'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
I suppose that I'm excited by exciting theater. It takes a risk to show us the world in a new way. — Marianne Elliott Actor 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
I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation. — Marianne Elliott Cinema 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
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 Audition Copy Share Image
You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open.… — Marianne Elliott Best Copy Share Image
I hope that subsidised theatres continue to be rewarded for the wonder of talent they provide to this industry, on stage and… — Marianne Elliott Continue Copy Share Image
I am quite an insecure person, and I think that, like any director, if I'm asked about my vision for a piece,… — Marianne Elliott Director Copy Share Image
We're always steered towards what is good in the canon by a male perspective. I like to do plays with a female… — Marianne Elliott Always Copy Share Image
I had a very embarrassing time acting extremely badly at university, which is when directing suddenly became so attractive. — Marianne Elliott Acting 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 Actor 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
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 Actor 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 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 Actor Copy Share Image
I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you… — Marianne Elliott Casting 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
'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
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
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
I just think that you have to approach anything you do with a huge amount of integrity - I don't really care… — Marianne Elliott Anything Copy Share Image
I'm always drawn to female stories with female protagonists, and I particularly yearn for more older actresses to take centre stage in 2018. — Marianne Elliott Always Copy Share Image
As you get older, you realise that your identity becomes more important - the environment in which you have grown is actually… — Marianne Elliott Becomes Copy Share Image
If you can't see it, you can't be it. It's just having those brilliant women break out and do something - then… — Marianne Elliott Break Copy Share Image
What I really would like to see is more female stories out there. Particularly older female stories, because women are predominantly ticket-buyers. — Marianne Elliott Like Copy Share Image
For me, 'Angels in America' is not really about AIDS. For me, it's a metaphor for anybody who is struggling with serious… — Marianne Elliott Aids Copy Share Image
I suppose I always find a lot of characters that are deeply, deeply keening with a sense of yearning and desire through… — Marianne Elliott Bravery Copy Share Image
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 About Copy Share Image
My dad had a big influence on me, and although I was never very bright at school, I used to love philosophising… — Marianne Elliott Big influence Copy Share Image
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 Frog Copy Share Image
