72 Quotes by Marianne Elliott

I just think that you have to approach anything you do with a huge amount of integrity - I don't really care where it comes from, whether it's a children's piece or an adult piece.

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!'

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?

I suppose I always find a lot of characters that are deeply, deeply keening with a sense of yearning and desire through sadness, but they have a bravery that keeps them going despite that.

I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation.

I think theater is so undervalued. I have seen things there that have been far more vivid than things that actually have happened.

I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.

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.

Having a child is all-consuming; so is doing a play.