John Tiffany Quotes
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I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.
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Whenever I'd seen Greek tragedy done with masks and declamations, it brought me out in a rash.
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Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.
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I don't know how films get made, and I think I'll leave it to other people.
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For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the world.
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When I sold my flat in Glasgow, I bought a little cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. Whenever we go up from London to stay there, I'm just like, 'I'm home! I'm home in Bronte-land!'
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When I get really down, I remember that we all share 99.99 per cent of our DNA with Beyonce. And suddenly, the world doesn't seem too bleak.
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My need is about communicating the whole, and when the whole is there in the text and in what the actors are doing, then it doesn't need 'frou-frou,' as I call it.
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I'll always have a relationship with Scotland.
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If you're going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work, but it's also social: food and a glass of wine would be involved often.
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I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took me a long time to realise that what a writer really wants is a production that matches the play and the writing. It is the only way the play can achieve its full potential.
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Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.
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The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should create work that makes you not have a choice.'
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Broadway is full of crazy people.
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It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents.
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I tend to work quite a lot during the weekends. My weekend can often be about two hours on Sunday.
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We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be.
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I'm fascinated to see how 'Black Watch' connects with an American audience.
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I've never understood why anyone would want to join the army, but that's irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that, as long as we go on voting in governments who are prepared to take troops into an illegal war, that army is a necessity.
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I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland.
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Pinocchio's really naughty. He's all impulse: 'I want to sleep now. I want to eat that. I want to run off to Pleasure Island.' It's commedia dell'arte meets Grimm's tales.
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I never get star-struck. I never fanboy. Ever, ever, ever.
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A first preview is not exactly a pleasant experience for directors and actors. You're never as raw as when the audience first comes in.
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I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences.