42 Quotes by Stephen Frears

It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.

There's the physical life and the voice, but at some point you abandon all of that, you know what the spirit of the person is and you let it descend and just get on with it.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. Its not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose.

Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

Cyclists are insane. You're going through the Alps, climbing up mountains. There's this circus around them. They're so tough. When they have a day off, they go out and cycle 100 miles.

I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.

When I was young, my family used to go and stay in hotels on the south coast in places like Devon. I loved those holidays because they were with my brothers, who were away at school; I really looked forward to them.

I have never been to Australia, because the flight terrifies me, but I think I would like to go there one day.