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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" '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. "

" The power of imagination is infinite. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because it's live. Instead of trying to be like the poor cousin, we need to accept that we're the king. "

" I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms. "

" I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh. "

" It couldn't interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what's the point of walking into a theater to see a living room? A sofa in a forest? Now you're talking. "

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

" Broadway is full of crazy people. "

" 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. "

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

" 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!' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello. "

" 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. "

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

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