72 Quotes by Marianne Elliott

I felt like that growing up - that I didn't have a voice.

My dad had a big influence on me, and although I was never very bright at school, I used to love philosophising with him about big universal things - and I think that's what directing is.

I'm quite unusual in directing terms: I'm a woman. I'm quite a girly girl. I was never academic.

I didn't want to just be remembered for 'War Horse.'

It's difficult to find an actress prepared to play a fading star.

There's a certain type of theatre that I haven't got any time for at all - established, boring, same-old stuff without any reason or passion. There's quite a lot of it about, and it motivates me to try to do something different, something risky, raw, ugly, and challenging.

I hope that subsidised theatres continue to be rewarded for the wonder of talent they provide to this industry, on stage and off.

I believe that theater has to be utterly life-changing for the people watching it.

I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.