I suppose that I'm excited by exciting theater. It takes a risk to show us the world in a new way. — Marianne Elliott Excited 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 interested in teasing out the contemporary issues in what I'm working on, however old the piece might be, whenever I'm working… — Marianne Elliott However 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you… — Marianne Elliott Character 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
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 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
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
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
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 America 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
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
I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress. — Marianne Elliott Anything 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 Bad 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
