"The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or made in England about working-class life, given that those are the people who go to movies."

Source : "Stephen Daldry Dances to Success with 'Billy Elliot'". Interview with Andy Bailey, www.indiewire.com. October 17, 2000.

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