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

" Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. "

" There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going. "

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

" I do like horror films, but I wouldn't ever be interested in putting a horror on stage - blood doesn't equal horror. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" No space should be safe from theatre. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" You can only really get to any truth by telling peoples' stories. "

" 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!' "

" When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'll always have a relationship with Scotland. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've been in Glasgow since I was 18, on and off. "