Quotes from Stephen Frears

Cyclists are insane. You're going through the Alps, climbing up mountains. There's this circus around them. They're so tough. When they have a day off, they go out and cycle 100 miles.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I want my films to get audiences. I am not interested in making them just for myself.

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.

I never expected to become a director. It never occurred to me to come to America, to Hollywood. It's all been a wonderful accident. I'm still amazed every time I finish a film.

There isn't a route to success. Make a film. If people like it, you'll be okay. There is no route that I know of.

I have never been to Australia, because the flight terrifies me, but I think I would like to go there one day.

There's one thing now that I experience every day when I'm making a film. I get up and think to myself, 'Am I going to be able to do it today?' I figure as long as I have that fear, I'll be alright.