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" I do like horror films, but I wouldn't ever be interested in putting a horror on stage - blood doesn't equal horror. "
John Tiffany
Blood
Stage
Equal
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" You can only really get to any truth by telling peoples' stories. "
John Tiffany
Stories
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Only
" I'm fascinated to see how 'Black Watch' connects with an American audience. "
John Tiffany
American
Black
See
" Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath. "
John Tiffany
Eat
Space
Theatre
" I don't like the idea of stepping-stones in art forms: that you do your time at a regional theatre, and then you work in London and go to the West End, and then you do films. I've never felt like following that trajectory. "
John Tiffany
You
End
Theatre
" 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!' "
John Tiffany
Go
Up
Home
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Back
Philosophy
Think
" The Black Watch is one of the most illustrious regiments. They've been at the vanguard of British military operations for 400 years. Something they're very proud of is what they call 'The Golden Thread,' where you can trace a line back from them to the first Black Watch soldiers who were from the Highlands, spoke Gaelic, and wore the kilt. "
John Tiffany
Soldiers
You
Proud
" I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story. "
John Tiffany
Easy
Aspire
Audience
" 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? "
John Tiffany
Family
You
Why
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Share
Down
DNA
" 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! "
John Tiffany
Responsibility
You
World
" For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the world. "
John Tiffany
World
Real
Me
" When you tell a story that you know is having an effect on the audience, that, for me, is the transforming thing. "
John Tiffany
Know
You
Tell
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Work
People
Food
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Audience
Know
Living
" I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion. "
John Tiffany
Not Interested
Stage
Want
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Want
Now
Naughty
" Usually, in theatre, you're adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With the 'Cursed Child,' we have been given the unique opportunity to explore some of the most cherished books and beloved characters ever written, yet work with J. K. Rowling to tell a story from that world that no one yet knows - it's exhilarating. "
John Tiffany
Opportunity
Child
World
" 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. "
John Tiffany
People
Work
Bond
" In theatre, previews are the first draft of a show. I strongly believe that. The only way we can truly tell whether that draft works is by having an audience present. "
John Tiffany
Way
Believe
Audience
" I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms. "
John Tiffany
Love
Art
I Love
" I don't think that just because people will pay a certain amount for a ticket that it's all right to charge it. "
John Tiffany
Think
Just Because
People
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Long
Want
Army
" Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
More
Playground
" When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure. "
John Tiffany
Growing Up
Easy
Lonely
" Trump is like an eater of worlds from an 'Avengers' movie, but there seem to be different rules for him. What are Twitter doing, for example? He's constantly breaking their rules, the sort of stuff other people get thrown off for. "
John Tiffany
Him
Be Different
People
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Me
Long
Writing
" I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland. "
John Tiffany
Short Films
Did
Films
" The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going. "
John Tiffany
Going
Idea
Show
" It couldn't interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what's the point of walking into a theater to see a living room? A sofa in a forest? Now you're talking. "
John Tiffany
You
Forest
Living