david halliwell, who was a close friend and a very talented guy, he's no longer with us, but he wroteong story short, he was impossible to direct. he'd say, "oh, a director's just a chairman." i'd say, "why don't you move over there on that...?" he'd say, "why? "i could move there, i could move anywhere." and so... at this point, i'd already... and we've talked about this, i'd already formulated notions about... because i wanted to write and direct and i'd formulated notions about other collaborative ways of making work. and this experience, much though i felt... think the play is great and much though i was very fond of halliwell and we had a good gang of folk involved, it was a defining experience, just because i decided that this is not what i was going to do. i was not going to battle with scripts. i was going to find a way of creating organic work, basically. how do you regard theatre now, as somebody as somebody who is primarily regarded as a film—maker? well, i mean, it's... they're two sides of the experience really. i love film—making, i love everything about film, i love bei

david halliwell, who was a close friend and a very talented guy, he's no longer with us, but he wroteoh, a director's just a chairman." i'd say, "why don't you move over there on that...?" he'd say, "why? "i could move there, i could move anywhere." and so — at this point, i'd already — we'd talked about this, i'd already formulated notions about — cos i wanted to write and direct and i'd formulated notions about other ways, collaborative ways of making work. and this experience, much though i felt — think the play is great and much though i was very fond of halliwell and we had a good gang of folk involved, it was a defining experience, just because i decided that i would — this is not what i was going to do. i was not going to battle with scripts. i was going to find a way of creating organic work, basically. how do you regard theatre now, as somebody as somebody who is primarily regarded as a filmmaker? well, i mean, it's — they're two sides of the experience, really. i mean, i love filmmaking, i love everything about film, i love being out in the — making the heightened, distilled