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I resent all organised religions.

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Don't ever be afraid to ask any question.

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I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.

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There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel our national culture is theirs, to take ownership of it, and enjoy the privileges of that, and those who are completely disfranchised, those - for example - who will never be taken to the theatre to see Shakespeare.

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Waiters are like actors waiting in the wings, bantering whenever we passed each other on the restaurant floor, shouting at each other backstage in the kitchen and winking and corpsing above the heads of our audience, the unsuspecting customers.

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I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.

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I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.

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I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it.

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I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.

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I've always believed that you write to discover what you think. On most subjects, if I'm asked what do I think about them, I'd say I don't know, I'll have to write them down.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: March 28th, 1943

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