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Phyllida Lloyd
Phyllida Lloyd
English Director
Born: Jun 17, 1957
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The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves. Phyllida Lloyd
You Power Extraordinary Able Reveal Close-Up Themselves Who Actor
Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place. Phyllida Lloyd
Character You Separation Onscreen Onstage Between Audience Go Place Deeper
You can't wait for someone to discover you; you have to just get on and do it. Have confidence that directing is a very suitable job for a woman - with our gift for collaboration, listening, and reading the nuance of things. Phyllida Lloyd
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It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was. Phyllida Lloyd
Good Heart Experience Extraordinary Spirit
In a way, 'Mamma Mia!' was such a left-field thing for me. Phyllida Lloyd
Me Way Thing
In a way, the debate about Margaret Thatcher in Britain has just gotten fossilized in this notion that she is either this she-devil who wrecked the industrial base of the country and ruined the lives of millions, or she is the blessed Margaret who saved the nation and rescued us from our post-war decline. Phyllida Lloyd
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I wanted to be an actress from about the age of five. Phyllida Lloyd
Age About Five Wanted Actress
Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say in their lives for one reason or another, mainly to do with the economics of the time. Phyllida Lloyd
Time Women Writing Economics Beginning Say About Shakespeare Voice Mainly Demand Another Were His Reason Lives
When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension. Phyllida Lloyd
Think Apprehension Immediate About Read Felt Thatcher Screenplay Asked Margaret Margaret Thatcher
I realised you could become fat and bald as a director and still remain employable. Phyllida Lloyd
You Director Become Remain Could Bald Still Realised Fat
It's the job of the artist to take something that everybody thinks they know about, they've made a decision about, they will be immovable on, and to shine a light on it. Phyllida Lloyd
Light Decision Will Job Made Shine Everybody Immovable About Something Take Know Artist Thinks
If you believe that how you do your work is as influential as the work you do, then a theatre rehearsal, which is a microcosm of the world, is the perfect place to model social change because if it doesn't work this time, you can try again on the next production. Phyllida Lloyd
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In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have to call on. Both are massive ensemble jobs in which there's incredible pressure to get things done on time and on budget - so much so that making the wrong decision may be better than making no decision at all. Phyllida Lloyd
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To be invited to the Park - the greatest free Shakespeare festival in the world - is a great honor, and I don't take it lightly. Phyllida Lloyd
Great World Honor Free Shakespeare Park Take Lightly Invited Greatest Festival
Margaret Thatcher was pro-choice. She voted to decriminalize homosexuality. Was not profoundly religious. She was very liberal on social issues. Phyllida Lloyd
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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 dangerous. Phyllida Lloyd
Dangerous Enough Atmosphere Directing Feel Safe Mixture Quite Which Creating Actor Thing
Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined. Phyllida Lloyd
Extreme Never Had Sport Stamina Requires Many Many Levels Levels Imagined
In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre by a female producer, Judy Craymer, and women - in particular, Donna Langley, president of production at Universal - were crucial in giving 'Mamma Mia' a home in Hollywood. Phyllida Lloyd
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'The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future. Phyllida Lloyd
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I realized that I didn't think I could stand the psychological battering that actors have to withstand. I just felt I wasn't cut out for that kind of self-promotion. Phyllida Lloyd
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If you have bad hair and you bite your nails, nobody expects that you can't direct plays. Phyllida Lloyd
You Hair Bite Bad Direct Nails Nobody Expects Your Plays

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