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" Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them. "
John Tiffany
Job
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Sometimes
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" 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. "
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" What has started to interest me is how you use all the different disciplines and tools we have at our disposal, and that includes going into different art forms, like music and movement, because often they can tap into things that characters can't necessarily express through words. Audiences really enjoy that total experience. "
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" I tend to work quite a lot during the weekends. My weekend can often be about two hours on Sunday. "
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" I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story. "
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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. "
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" We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be. "
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" 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. "
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Always
Best
" Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking. "
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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! "
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" The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is. "
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" I've been in Glasgow since I was 18, on and off. "
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Off
Glasgow
" The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional. "
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" 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. "
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Child
World
" When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure. "
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Easy
Lonely
" 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. "
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First
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Before
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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