Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Call
Doing
Whole
" 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 did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland. "
John Tiffany
Short Films
Did
Films
" 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'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion. "
John Tiffany
Not Interested
Stage
Want
" 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 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
" 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
" 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
" Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath. "
John Tiffany
Eat
Space
Theatre
" No space should be safe from theatre. "
John Tiffany
Space
Theatre
Safe
" 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
" Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking. "
John Tiffany
Success
Think
Broadway
" 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
" Broadway is full of crazy people. "
John Tiffany
Crazy
Broadway
People
" 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
" We never want to update 'Black Watch,' because it's about a moment in time, and through that moment, it manages to speak about Afghanistan and all other wars. This play is 'about' Iraq, but it's actually about every war that's ever been or will ever be. "
John Tiffany
Moment
Time
Black
" The physicality of a production needs evolution and breath. "
John Tiffany
Production
Evolution
Breath
" I want to understand the anger in the world. "
John Tiffany
World
Want
Understand
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Got
Never
Opera
" There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out. "
John Tiffany
See
Something
Before
" Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
More
Playground
" 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
" Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them. "
John Tiffany
Job
Stars
Sometimes
" 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
" I'll always have a relationship with Scotland. "
John Tiffany
Always
Relationship
Scotland
" I'm fascinated to see how 'Black Watch' connects with an American audience. "
John Tiffany
American
Black
See
" 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