The Elasticity Of Shakespeare Is Extraordinary.

Everything Is Important, But There Is A Weight To These Big Or Expected Things And Then There Is The Logistics Of Them And It's Trying To Find, While You Worry About For Instance The Ballroom Scene, How Do You Get 500 People To Go To The Loo In Corsets And Don't Cost You An Hour And How Do You Remember While You're Organizing All That To Take A Breath And Say, 'well The Scene Is About All Of That And It's About Prince Hand On The Small Of Cinderella Back As Well' And We Need Time To Do That Properly As Well.

The Long Version Of The Play Is Actually An Easier Version To Follow. In All Of The Cut Versions The Intense Speeches Are Cut Too Close Together For The Audience And The Actors.

After Frankenstein, I Feel As If I Want To Make A Film About Somebody Having A Nice Cup Of Tea.

There Are Some Amazing Stories From All Over This Country, Where People's Work And Contribution Has Been Acknowledged. To Be Part Of That Is An Absolutely Fantastic Feeling.

I Feel More Irish Than English. I Feel Freer Than British, More Visceral, With A Love Of Language. Shot Through With Fire In Some Way. That's Why I Resist Being Appropriated As The Current Repository Of Shakespeare On The Planet. That Would Mean I'm Part Of The English Cultural Elite, And I Am Utterly Ill-fitted To Be.