3 December 2020 Stephen Daldry I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it’s a country I knew very well, spent a lot of time in. I knew the history very well. I’ve always wanted to do a piece of work about the post-war period, of one sort or another.
3 December 2020 Stephen Daldry There are a few writers that one has a relationship with that means, basically, you do whatever they say. One is Caryl Churchill, and the other is David Hare.
3 December 2020 Stephen Daldry I love changing. I hate it when people try to box me in to a relationship or in a work context. Any situation where I feel boxed in freaks me out. And I feel the need to reinvent myself or I’ll get bored.
3 December 2020 Stephen Daldry I am, in fact, Superman. Every morning I wake up and go into a telephone booth and change my costume, and then go to work.