Quotes from Richard Eyre

'Mary Poppins,' the movie, was an object of mockery if you were a student in the '60s, something to be laughed at.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

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.

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.