Phyllida Lloyd

Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say…

— Phyllida Lloyd

I think Margaret Thatcher was a superstar in this country, and I think we all felt we needed a superstar to play…

— Phyllida Lloyd

I wanted to be an actress from about the age of five.

— Phyllida Lloyd

Directing is quite a nuts-and-bolts thing. It's a mixture of creating an atmosphere in which actors can feel safe enough to be…

— Phyllida Lloyd

Margaret Thatcher always felt like an outsider in her party.

— Phyllida Lloyd

One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women.

— Phyllida Lloyd

In the theatre in the U.K., women are at the very top of the tree as freelance directors.

— Phyllida Lloyd

Opera is too obsessed with buildings.

— Phyllida Lloyd

I didn't really realize I was a woman director until I walked onto the set at Pinewood Studios when I did 'Mamma…

— Phyllida Lloyd

Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined.

— Phyllida Lloyd

There's something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are…

— Phyllida Lloyd

Art is all about giving yourself these terrifying challenges, these peaks to climb. You're at the bottom of the mountain at the…

— Phyllida Lloyd

I realized that I didn't think I could stand the psychological battering that actors have to withstand. I just felt I wasn't…

— Phyllida Lloyd

Margaret Thatcher was pro-choice. She voted to decriminalize homosexuality. Was not profoundly religious. She was very liberal on social issues.

— Phyllida Lloyd

The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.

— Phyllida Lloyd

When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension.

— Phyllida Lloyd

If you have bad hair and you bite your nails, nobody expects that you can't direct plays.

— Phyllida Lloyd

As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men.

— Phyllida Lloyd

When I began to direct, I discovered that I was much more comfortable than I was acting.

— Phyllida Lloyd