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You Quotes by Stephen Daldry
- I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.
- I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.
- One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature.
- Ring up your parents and ring up your kids and tell them that you love them.
- They're a redefinition of boredom... the most important thing you need to know about an awards show is where is the nearest smoking opportunity.
- You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre…
- Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for the…
- Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can do as a…
- I love test screenings. Some directors don't, I know. But I love it. I think it's because I come from the theatre and in the…
- 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.…
- 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 times…
- 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…
- The truth of the matter is, every film is imperfect. It's the nature of the beast. One of the things that people ask me all…
- There are a few writers that one has a relationship with that means, basically, you do whatever they say. One is Caryl Churchill, and the…
- 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, and…
More You Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide