With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I hope for continued bravery and risk-taking for all theatremakers in 2018 and beyond. — Marianne Elliott 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
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 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 hope that subsidised theatres continue to be rewarded for the wonder of talent they provide to this industry, on stage and… — Marianne Elliott 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 Copy Share Image
For me, it's life or death doing plays: there's this perfectionist thing about me that it has to be brilliant - anything… — Marianne Elliott 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
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 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 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 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 always loved and secretly wanted to do 'Company.' It was produced on Broadway in 1970, and it's about a successful 35-year-old… — Marianne Elliott Actor 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 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 Copy Share Image
Staging any play is very exposing because, if you are going to do it well, you have to put so much of… — Marianne Elliott Actor 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 Copy Share Image
The plays I choose to work on are about having masks. We all have masks in life, but there is a different… — Marianne Elliott Actor Copy Share Image
I'm aware, as I get older, there are less and less stories that really pertain to me and who I am and… — Marianne Elliott 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 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 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 Actresses Copy Share Image
My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as… — Marianne Elliott Cinema 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 Copy Share Image
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 Actor Copy Share Image
The less subsidy we have, the more the 'producers' take over, and the 'bottom line' becomes the raison d'etre. That's quite an… — Marianne Elliott Art Copy Share Image
Whether you're a man or a woman, life can be very, very difficult and confusing and desperate, and it's life-enhancing to know… — Marianne Elliott 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 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 Copy Share Image
If you put a blank canvas in front of Matisse and say, 'This has to be a success,' who's going to pick… — Marianne Elliott Artist Copy Share Image
