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" I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance. "
John Tiffany
Think
Good
Base
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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. "
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" The power of imagination is infinite. "
John Tiffany
Power
Imagination
Infinite
" 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. "
John Tiffany
You
Want
Moment
" It's very hard to argue with the politics of 'Black Watch,' because it is not an opinion; it is just the true stories of these boys, and any opinions expressed are theirs. "
John Tiffany
Black
True
Politics
" I worked on new plays at the Traverse and did my best work in Scotland for years, so I never had ambitions for things like Disney. "
John Tiffany
Years
Work
Never
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Never
Audience
Experience
" Broadway is full of crazy people. "
John Tiffany
Crazy
Broadway
People
" 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 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
" Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
More
Playground
" We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be. "
John Tiffany
Turn
Brilliant
Mine
" One of the things I realised as I learned to manage a rehearsal room is that the best idea always has to win, and it doesn't matter where the idea comes from. "
John Tiffany
Win
Always
Best
" How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because it's live. Instead of trying to be like the poor cousin, we need to accept that we're the king. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
Trying
Better
" Only when you don't impose things on it do you get real political theatre. "
John Tiffany
Things
Theatre
Real
" I'm never going to stop making theatre, but I don't think I'll make it as much, because I don't need to. There are other things I want to do with my life. I want to sit by the sea in Yorkshire and eat Eccles cakes and spend time with my family. "
John Tiffany
Time
Family
Life
" 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
" Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking. "
John Tiffany
Success
Think
Broadway
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Well
Personal
First
" There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out. "
John Tiffany
See
Something
Before
" 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
" One of my favorite things to read in the 'Observer' is the restaurant review by Jay Rayner. I love reading about these restaurants that I won't ever have the time to go to. "
John Tiffany
Go
Time
Restaurant
" 'Black Watch' has taken its place in the canon of Scottish theatre, and that's fantastic. It's a very particular kind of theatre. It's about the music, the movement, the whole 'event' of it. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
Black
Kind
" I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms. "
John Tiffany
Love
Art
I Love
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Love
Watch
You
" There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater - especially when you're working with commercial producers - and it's not something I'm against, not at all. But any casting has to be right for the project. "
John Tiffany
Lead
Project
Always
" Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place. "
John Tiffany
Story
Character
Music
" The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going. "
John Tiffany
Going
Idea
Show
" 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 hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as an archeological exercise. Theatre needs to be urgent. "
John Tiffany
Done
Theatre
Rules
" Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath. "
John Tiffany
Eat
Space
Theatre