49 Quotes by Trevor Nunn

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    I think a director does have a huge responsibility to draw strands together, and to seek extension and development of his or her own ideas.

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    I think part of Kevin's notion of being involved with the Old Vic was because he wants to blood himself with Shakespeare,

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    Trying to get work and life in balance is the most difficult thing. I have that knowledge now, but it was a setback at the time.

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    Victoria is a clever satirist, ... She understands the awfulness that's at the heart of a lot of modern culture.

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    I've never thought it strange to do highly contrasting things. I always thought it was all part and parcel of theatrical expression. At school, I loved doing revues, I was in a rock 'n' roll group and I staged a couple of musical events, then, when I left, I formed a little company to do Hamlet.

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    Memory. All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days I was beautiful then.

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    Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need of control than the economic variety.

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    I always believe it’s better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.

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