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The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.

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I didn't really realize I was a woman director until I walked onto the set at Pinewood Studios when I did 'Mamma Mia!' and everybody was calling each other 'Governor' and 'Sir'... and then, looking at me, 'Well... good morning!'

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I worked on live studio drama, which was one weird aberration in the 1980s. I worked on the 'Battle of Waterloo,' and my job was to reload the Brown Bess muskets - the only time the audience realised it was live was when somebody leant on a button and plunged the whole studio into blackout.

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In a way, 'Mamma Mia!' was such a left-field thing for me.

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In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have to call on. Both are massive ensemble jobs in which there's incredible pressure to get things done on time and on budget - so much so that making the wrong decision may be better than making no decision at all.

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Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place.

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When I began to direct, I discovered that I was much more comfortable than I was acting.

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It was extraordinary to experience 'Mamma Mia!' What an injection of good spirit and heart it was.

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I think courage is commensurate with your fear - if you lack imagination and you're fearless, that's not courage to me.

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You can't wait for someone to discover you; you have to just get on and do it. Have confidence that directing is a very suitable job for a woman - with our gift for collaboration, listening, and reading the nuance of things.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: June 17th, 1957

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