Stephen Daldry Quotes

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me

I don't need to see the old school to remember it and the teachers there. They changed the way that I've always looked at life and learning.

I can only imagine what the show would have meant to me as a 16- or 17-year-old. I know what 'Rent' meant to me in my life, how that show changed the course of my life, and we can only hope that 'Hamilton' will have the same effect on a few kids.

Defining moments are the moments that either define you, or you define the moment.

I think you never leave what you learn.

It's been amazing to touch people's lives.

I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone.

A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often, they are the people who say or do just the right thing, at the right time.

The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.

If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.

Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

I've had a lot of highs in my life and a lot of lows, some pivotal experiences, and in ways I feel like I've already lived a couple of lives.

The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part.

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

The more challenges you face in life, the more of life you experience - this lived experience gives one the 'influence' to impact others' lives.

One of the true pleasures of my life has been the work of John Steinbeck. He was one of the people who turned my life around. I had no direct relationship with him, unfortunately.

I feel like I'll be writing World War 2 music the rest of my life.

My experience at Bournemouth made me who I am today.

Live life before making movies, because you cannot make films about life, without having lived one.

It's amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes.