John Tiffany Quotes
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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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The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is.
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I love singing, and I used to perform quite a lot, but now, as a director, you just tend to watch other people perform and tell them what to do.
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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 think associate director jobs are the best in the world, because you can do what you want and not have to take responsibility for it!
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In film, if you've got to do a scene in a swimming pool, you do a scene in a swimming pool. If you've got to blow up a car, you blow up a car. In theater, you can't do that, and therefore, you have the opportunity to engage the audience's imagination in a way that's rich.
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I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance.
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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 was pre-med at Glasgow University. I was from a family who were of the mind that if you were clever enough to be a doctor or a lawyer, why wouldn't you be?
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I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences.
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When I realised, on 'The Straits,' that physical work in the theatre takes much longer than directing scenes, it was like a eureka moment. If you want to work physically, you have to accommodate it, and it takes a disproportionate amount of time.
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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 had a lovely time growing up. But I was very aware of the miners' strike going on, friends' families collapsing, and people being unemployed.
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Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can also tell when it isn't working - it's horrible, and you desperately try to figure out how to make it connect.
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'Philistines' was so beautiful, and it bored me to death. I never want to see another production where the rain splashes against a window and actors wander around in drab cardigans saying, 'I'm so bored.'
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When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure.
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I know Australians are no strangers to pubs, but in the U.K., the pub is a real meeting place because the houses can be quite small, so the pub is an extension of the living space.
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I looked into putting 'Doctor' on my license. But the insurance premium is higher, so I don't think I'll bother.
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I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I saw.
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I want to understand the anger in the world.
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The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional.
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'West Side Story' is one of the greatest theatrical experiences I've had.
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I don't think that just because people will pay a certain amount for a ticket that it's all right to charge it.
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I've never felt opera was a party I've been invited to, and maybe I've got a bit of a chip on my shoulder about it.