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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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" 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

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" '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. "

" 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

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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! "

" I never get star-struck. I never fanboy. Ever, ever, ever. "

" Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking. "

" 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. "

" 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

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DNA

" I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland. "

" 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. "

" I don't know how films get made, and I think I'll leave it to other people. "

" 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. "

" The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional. "

" Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath. "

" Sometimes on Broadway, you don't know who the investors are, and you end up making a million dollars for somebody awful. "

" I don't think that just because people will pay a certain amount for a ticket that it's all right to charge it. "

" 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. "

" I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh. "

" The physicality of a production needs evolution and breath. "

" I want to understand the anger in the world. "

" I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story. "

" I tend to work quite a lot during the weekends. My weekend can often be about two hours on Sunday. "

" I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms. "

" When you tell a story that you know is having an effect on the audience, that, for me, is the transforming thing. "

" You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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.' "

" I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences. "

John Tiffany

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