Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frearsis an English film director. Frears has directed British films since the 1980s including My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen and Philomena...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 June 1941
analytical draw far films identify line strikes themes tried type whatever wish
I've tried to draw a line between my films and identify the themes that keep returning, but I can't. I wish sometimes I could identify the type of films I do, but so far I have not. Whatever strikes me, is about as analytical as I can get.
source strength
I've always found poverty a source of strength.
successful needs failing
To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.
jobs actors scripts
As a director, my job is to protect. I protect scripts, actors, cameramen, designers.
queens blue mind
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.
voice spirit abandon
There's the physical life and the voice, but at some point you abandon all of that, you know what the spirit of the person is and you let it descend and just get on with it.
way film stamps
The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
film-directing teach testimony
I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. Its not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose.
hero risk judgement
Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.