When Shakespeare doesn't feel like Shakespeare, it's the best..

If you cast your supporting cast well, it should be seamless. You shouldn't even notice who's a big part and who's a small part. A good cast enriches….

There's nothing like a great piece of theater - a great performance in a great piece of theater..

I never really felt aware of my gender, being a woman, and whether that was in my favor or not. Because there's nothing I can do about that. I'm also….

I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago..

I don't have a particular genre that I want to stick to; if you work on a small piece, you take that experience with you when you work on a big piece….

I love working with people I've worked with before and that can be true of when people have worked together. But if two people have a natural chemist….

I've got Tom Hiddleston playing Henry V. I don't want to have a bowl haircut. I want him looking good so, you know, I want him in delicious kind of t….

The camera kind of finds things that the naked eye can't even see. By moving in a certain way, you're already telling part of the story..

I ran the Gate in Notting Hill for a while, which is where Stephen Daldry started out. Those theaters are magical, because there's no money, so in a ….

When you're casting, you have to do quite a bit of research. But I always think you have to do it with a pinch of salt with actors, because it's so u….

People grow and change and develop through their experiences, so ultimately you have to go with what's in the room - the feeling you get from them an….

It takes such a particular amazing and extraordinary type of personality to become an actor. I love them. You can't do my job without them. I've work….