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In subsidized theater, you are encouraged to take risks. It's about being imaginative and artistic. That's the priority. It might not be a success, but let's try.
- Marianne Elliott
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The actors work out how to create the show with me during the rehearsals. They owe it to themselves and each other to maintain that contract regardless of what the critics say.
- Marianne Elliott
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You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.
- Marianne Elliott
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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
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I hope for continued bravery and risk-taking for all theatremakers in 2018 and beyond.
- Marianne Elliott
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If it is just another run-of-the-mill show, then what is the point?
- Marianne Elliott
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It's predominantly a male society, predominately a male culture, predominantly a male theatre, and predominantly male critics, but that's changing, definitely.
- Marianne Elliott
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As you get older, you realise that your identity becomes more important - the environment in which you have grown is actually part of who you are just as much as your family or your school.
- Marianne Elliott
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I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision.
- Marianne Elliott
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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
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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 get the best out of your auditionees.
- Marianne Elliott
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If you put a blank canvas in front of Matisse and say, 'This has to be a success,' who's going to pick up a paintbrush?
- Marianne Elliott
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It's impossible to feel the creative juices flowing if you're always worried about the end result. I think really, really good work comes out of people being quite open, not stressed, really exploring, trying to be imaginative, without worrying too much about the end result.
- Marianne Elliott
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'Friends' is easy to dismiss, but it's really good television - the art with which those actors play with comedy shouldn't be denigrated. And they also know how to play irony, which I think a lot of English actors might find quite difficult.
- Marianne Elliott
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#Television
If you can't see it, you can't be it. It's just having those brilliant women break out and do something - then other girls can say, 'I can do it, too!'
- Marianne Elliott
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