I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways. Richard Eyre changeclimateconfident share on social
The arts are weapons of understanding and weapons of happiness. Richard Eyre arthappinessunderstand Change image and share on social
Maybe we slip so easily into blaming our parents - you're perpetually a child and they're perpetually a parent and you long to balance the equation, but it can only be balanced posthumously. Richard Eyre balanceblamechild Change image and share on social
I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it. Richard Eyre alienationartblow share on social
I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it. Richard Eyre childchronicallydeal Change image and share on social
All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them. Richard Eyre actorbrightdazzlingly share on social
I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb. Richard Eyre bigcliffclimb Change image and share on social
A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination. Richard Eyre childhooddeepfertilise Change image and share on social
Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love. Richard Eyre grandparenthoodlovepeople Change image and share on social
We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like. Richard Eyre accessiblealleviatecharacter share on social
