Stephen Frears Quotes

Stephen Frears — English Director born on June 20, 1941,

Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director. Frears has directed several critically acclaimed British feature films since the 1980s including My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen and Philomena... (wikipedia)

As a director, my job is to protect. I protect scripts, actors, cameramen, designers.

Audiences aren't fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

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

Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.

Stephen Frears Quotes

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