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Do as much theatre as you can while you're at school. - Phyllida Lloyd
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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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In a way, 'Mamma Mia!' was such a left-field thing for me. - Phyllida Lloyd
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I think courage is commensurate with your fear - if you lack imagination and you're fearless, that's not courage to me. - 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
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Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place. - Phyllida Lloyd
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I didn't really realize I was a woman director until I walked onto the set at Pinewood Studios when I did 'Mamma Mia!' and everybody was calling each other 'Governor' and 'Sir'... and then, looking at me, 'Well... good morning!' - Phyllida Lloyd
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I was given a mask of myself by Frances Barber when we opened 'Julius Caesar.' I looked much younger and prettier. Wearing it was certainly cheaper than Botox. - Phyllida Lloyd
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When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension. - Phyllida Lloyd
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I was hellbent on going to drama school, but my mother, rightly, panicked and persuaded me to go to university on the grounds that a degree would be 'something to fall back on.' Whilst at college, I realised I wasn't good enough or robust enough to be an actress. - Phyllida Lloyd
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When I began to direct, I discovered that I was much more comfortable than I was acting. - 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
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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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'The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future. - Phyllida Lloyd
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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
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