Stephen Frears Quotes

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Stephen Frears

Profession : Director

Birth : June 20, 1941

I'm from the Midlands. I lived in London for 50 years, but I'm not sure that I think of myself as a Londoner. I can see that we're all metropolitan, whether we are Londoners or not.

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I don't generally believe in people being knighted.

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I'm a Republican, but I like the Queen. Like everyone else, I'm sentimental about the Queen.

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I had a somewhat charmed life. I was brought up at the BBC. I did meet so many people cleverer than myself in those years. Often, I was slapped down and made to feel not good enough.

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Oh, I live in London. So, whether I like it or not, I am a member of the metropolitan elite. If I were anywhere else in the country, I'd hate me.

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There isn't a route to success. Make a film. If people like it, you'll be okay. There is no route that I know of.

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This black hole that people talk about in my career in the '70s, when I didn't make any films - in retrospect, what I was doing was learning my job.

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Cyclists are insane. You're going through the Alps, climbing up mountains. There's this circus around them. They're so tough. When they have a day off, they go out and cycle 100 miles.

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It's Marvel movies that get the big audiences.

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I only watch films in the cinema. I'm old fashioned. I'm a lost cause.

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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.

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I have to travel for my work, so the idea of getting on planes depresses me. They give me frequent-flyer points, and I think, 'I don't want them, because I'm sick of flying!'

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I have never been to Australia, because the flight terrifies me, but I think I would like to go there one day.

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