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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'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello. "

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

" For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the world. "

" 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. "

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

" '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.' "

" We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be. "

" 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. "

" 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 have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I saw. "

" The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should create work that makes you not have a choice.' "

" 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. "

" Only when you don't impose things on it do you get real political theatre. "

" The power of imagination is infinite. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance. "

" I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I realise that there's something about fantasy, whether it's written by the Grimm Brothers or J. K. Rowling or Thorne or J. M. Barrie, that it gets closer to the human experience than realism every could. "