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" 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
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" It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents. "
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You
Comedy
" 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.' "
John Tiffany
You
Work
Choice
" 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
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People
Food
" 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. "
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Never
Opera
" Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
More
Playground
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Know
Place
Space
" No space should be safe from theatre. "
John Tiffany
Space
Theatre
Safe
" 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
" I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh. "
John Tiffany
Lucky
Theatre
Enough
" 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
" 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
" 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 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 suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story. "
John Tiffany
Easy
Aspire
Audience
" The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
Precious
Live
" Broadway is full of crazy people. "
John Tiffany
Crazy
Broadway
People
" 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
" I never get star-struck. I never fanboy. Ever, ever, ever. "
John Tiffany
Ever
Never
Get
" You can only really get to any truth by telling peoples' stories. "
John Tiffany
Stories
Get
Only
" 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'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello. "
John Tiffany
Sucker
Exploitative
Cello
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I'm fascinated to see how 'Black Watch' connects with an American audience. "
John Tiffany
American
Black
See
" 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
" I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance. "
John Tiffany
Think
Good
Base
" 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
" '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