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Simon McBurney Quotes

I find all food irresistible. I have friends who live in the mountains in France. One of them sells vegetables, and to walk through her garden when everything is bursting out - it’s impossible not to eat something Picture Quote #1

Endgame’ resists narrative and even thematic explanation. How you play it has to reflect this. If you decide something too much in advance, you forget the element that gives the play life - the audience Picture Quote #1

In the theatre, we’re all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights Picture Quote #1

Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling Picture Quote #1

Most people won’t order tripe in a restaurant, but it can be fantastic Picture Quote #1

Mozart’s seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That’s what I’ve found working on ‘The Magic Flute.’ Picture Quote #1

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My experience of my father’s death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they didn’t know what to say Picture Quote #1

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it Picture Quote #1

Shostakovich’s final pieces, his quartets, are scratching the surface of another world Picture Quote #1

I’m passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience Picture Quote #1

I’ve had various people close to me die, and I don’t necessarily find the idea of death purely depressing Picture Quote #1

The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there Picture Quote #1

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I mean I’m talking about playing games, about imagining other people, and it’s part of the way that it helps you actually see the world Picture Quote #1

When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I’m not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger Picture Quote #1

The other, the other aspect when I say I’m an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into being somebody else, that’s to say the muscle of the imagination is as important as any other of the muscles in your body, and so it is something about this instinct in space and time which for me I associate with being an actor rather than a director Picture Quote #1

I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from the, from the outside as a director might see it, but within yourself you become used to the idea of hearing your fellow actors, responding to them in space Picture Quote #1

Normally when people ask me what I do I say I’m an actor, and that’s what I always wanted to be and that’s the way I approach work even when I’m directing it Picture Quote #1

We try to place the human body in relation to the image all the time, so it’s never a kind of a backdrop, but it’s more of... a much more integrative experience Picture Quote #1

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Any fifth language that you use should be equally used as just another bit of theater language, so that if you have a strong text, then the light should be as strongly part of that text as, for example, the sound it should be or whatever it is that you see Picture Quote #1

Theatre artists are essentially sort of charlatans and thieves, I mean that’s the tradition that we come from, so I have absolutely no, I make no bones about the fact that I steal from here and I take from there, and we all do it, that’s perfectly all right, that’s the nothing, there’s nothing new in the world, there’s nothing actually new in the way that you do something, but the point is is how do you take something and use it to articulate what is essentially a core of any given theatrical production Picture Quote #1

Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time Picture Quote #1

I think it was a desire to be able to find my own voice. I think that was the big urge within me Picture Quote #1

I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I’m involved in another kind of archaeology to look for another kind of truth, and the moment I find, the moment I am separated from that life, the moment I am sort of in a world, every time I have gone out and performed in the, in the cinema for example, if you do two or three films on the trot you suddenly have this impression that you’re becoming separate or separated from the world around you Picture Quote #1

Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you wanted to make something Picture Quote #1

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The only way that you can keep moving forward, finding other ways of expressing things about this increasingly complicated world that we live in, is by listening and observing not only to life around you but to the other people who are in the room. It’s not about a sort of, you know, a sense that you have to be democratic about these things, it’s a question of creativity that the process of making theatre is a collaborative process, and it is not in, it is not a question of, you know, I have no interest in paying lip service to it, for me it’s absolutely fundamental Picture Quote #1

People expect the math to be simplified, but I want to surprise them right from the start. When the brain gets lost, it doesn’t stop working. It tries to makes sense of things. It begins to speculate and guess, and that’s when things open up. That’s exciting Picture Quote #1

Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse Picture Quote #1

The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. That audience looks collectively at what is going on on the stage and collectively imagines that this is real Picture Quote #1

I can’t remember a single year of my life when I haven’t made a piece of theatre Picture Quote #1

Every time I make, I’ve made a piece of work, I’ve wanted to get rid of it, obliterate it and do the next thing, because it was never quite what I wanted. I think the moment you think you’ve arrived is the moment that you should stop Picture Quote #1

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I find all food irresistible. I have friends who live in the mountains in France. One of them sells vegetables, and to walk through her garden when everything is bursting out - it’s impossible not to eat something. (Simon McBurney Quotes) Endgame’ resists narrative and even thematic explanation. How you play it has to reflect this. If you decide something too much in advance, you forget the element that gives the play life - the audience. (Simon McBurney Quotes) In the theatre, we’re all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights (Simon McBurney Quotes) Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling (Simon McBurney Quotes) Most people won’t order tripe in a restaurant, but it can be fantastic (Simon McBurney Quotes) Mozart’s seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That’s what I’ve found working on ‘The Magic Flute.’ (Simon McBurney Quotes) My experience of my father’s death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they didn’t know what to say (Simon McBurney Quotes) My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it (Simon McBurney Quotes) Shostakovich’s final pieces, his quartets, are scratching the surface of another world (Simon McBurney Quotes) I’m passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience (Simon McBurney Quotes) I’ve had various people close to me die, and I don’t necessarily find the idea of death purely depressing (Simon McBurney Quotes) The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there (Simon McBurney Quotes) I mean I’m talking about playing games, about imagining other people, and it’s part of the way that it helps you actually see the world (Simon McBurney Quotes) When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I’m not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger (Simon McBurney Quotes) The other, the other aspect when I say I’m an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into being somebody else, that’s to say the muscle of the imagination is as important as any other of the muscles in your body, and so it is something about this instinct in space and time which for me I associate with being an actor rather than a director (Simon McBurney Quotes) I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from the, from the outside as a director might see it, but within yourself you become used to the idea of hearing your fellow actors, responding to them in space (Simon McBurney Quotes) Normally when people ask me what I do I say I’m an actor, and that’s what I always wanted to be and that’s the way I approach work even when I’m directing it (Simon McBurney Quotes) We try to place the human body in relation to the image all the time, so it’s never a kind of a backdrop, but it’s more of... a much more integrative experience (Simon McBurney Quotes) Any fifth language that you use should be equally used as just another bit of theater language, so that if you have a strong text, then the light should be as strongly part of that text as, for example, the sound it should be or whatever it is that you see (Simon McBurney Quotes) Theatre artists are essentially sort of charlatans and thieves, I mean that’s the tradition that we come from, so I have absolutely no, I make no bones about the fact that I steal from here and I take from there, and we all do it, that’s perfectly all right, that’s the nothing, there’s nothing new in the world, there’s nothing actually new in the way that you do something, but the point is is how do you take something and use it to articulate what is essentially a core of any given theatrical production (Simon McBurney Quotes) Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time (Simon McBurney Quotes) I think it was a desire to be able to find my own voice. I think that was the big urge within me (Simon McBurney Quotes) I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I’m involved in another kind of archaeology to look for another kind of truth, and the moment I find, the moment I am separated from that life, the moment I am sort of in a world, every time I have gone out and performed in the, in the cinema for example, if you do two or three films on the trot you suddenly have this impression that you’re becoming separate or separated from the world around you (Simon McBurney Quotes) Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you wanted to make something (Simon McBurney Quotes) The only way that you can keep moving forward, finding other ways of expressing things about this increasingly complicated world that we live in, is by listening and observing not only to life around you but to the other people who are in the room. It’s not about a sort of, you know, a sense that you have to be democratic about these things, it’s a question of creativity that the process of making theatre is a collaborative process, and it is not in, it is not a question of, you know, I have no interest in paying lip service to it, for me it’s absolutely fundamental (Simon McBurney Quotes) People expect the math to be simplified, but I want to surprise them right from the start. When the brain gets lost, it doesn’t stop working. It tries to makes sense of things. It begins to speculate and guess, and that’s when things open up. That’s exciting (Simon McBurney Quotes) Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse (Simon McBurney Quotes) The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. That audience looks collectively at what is going on on the stage and collectively imagines that this is real (Simon McBurney Quotes) I can’t remember a single year of my life when I haven’t made a piece of theatre (Simon McBurney Quotes) Every time I make, I’ve made a piece of work, I’ve wanted to get rid of it, obliterate it and do the next thing, because it was never quite what I wanted. I think the moment you think you’ve arrived is the moment that you should stop (Simon McBurney Quotes)

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