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" In film, if you've got to do a scene in a swimming pool, you do a scene in a swimming pool. If you've got to blow up a car, you blow up a car. In theater, you can't do that, and therefore, you have the opportunity to engage the audience's imagination in a way that's rich. "

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" 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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Writing

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is. "

" 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

Time

Restaurant

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

" Broadway is full of crazy people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

John Tiffany

Theatre

Playground

" 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 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. "

" I looked into putting 'Doctor' on my license. But the insurance premium is higher, so I don't think I'll bother. "

" '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 had a lovely time growing up. But I was very aware of the miners' strike going on, friends' families collapsing, and people being unemployed. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

" I've never understood why anyone would want to join the army, but that's irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that, as long as we go on voting in governments who are prepared to take troops into an illegal war, that army is a necessity. "

" 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 love mishmash and the chaos of art forms. "

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

" 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. "