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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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" I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes on Broadway, you don't know who the investors are, and you end up making a million dollars for somebody awful. "

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

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

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

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

" My need is about communicating the whole, and when the whole is there in the text and in what the actors are doing, then it doesn't need 'frou-frou,' as I call it. "

" Whenever I'd seen Greek tragedy done with masks and declamations, it brought me out in a rash. "

" The physicality of a production needs evolution and breath. "

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

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

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

" No space should be safe from theatre. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Broadway is full of crazy people. "

" I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello. "

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

" You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies. "

" 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! "