I never thought I was very good at developing material. I grew up at the BBC where they sent you scripts. Stephen Frears Read Quote
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. Stephen Frears Read Quote
I want my films to get audiences. I am not interested in making them just for myself. Stephen Frears Read Quote
I have people around me. I have a semi-permanent crew. If I make a film, they just turn up. They don’t even invite themselves. They don’t ask if they can come – they just turn up! Stephen Frears Read Quote
It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue. Stephen Frears Read Quote
I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. It’s not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose. Stephen Frears Read Quote
When I was young, my family used to go and stay in hotels on the south coast in places like Devon. I loved those holidays because they were with my brothers, who were away at school; I really looked forward to them. Stephen Frears Read Quote
I have never been to Australia, because the flight terrifies me, but I think I would like to go there one day. Stephen Frears Read Quote
