“Any fifth language that you use should be equally used as just another bit of theater language, so that if you have a strong text, then the light should be as strongly part of that text as, for example, the sound it should be or whatever it is that you see.” IfsShouldUseLightUsedLanguageStrongBitsSoundExampleTheaterTheatreFifth Author:Simon McBurney
“I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I'm involved in another kind of archaeology to look for another kind of truth, and the moment I find, the moment I am separated from that life, the moment I am sort of in a world, every time I have gone out and performed in the, in the cinema for example, if you do two or three films on the trot you suddenly have this impression that you're becoming separate or separated from the world around you.” IfsWorldFeelsTryingLooksKindTwoSometimesMomentsFilmThreeGoneExampleBecomingInvolvedTheatreImpressionCinemaArchaeology Author:Simon McBurney
“When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I'm not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger.” IfsThinkingKindMeanSometimesFactsHouseEnergyDealsPowerfulMovementDegreesMusicianTheatrePainterNot SureAggressiveEnginesVery PowerfulSculptorsWaterfallsForward Movement Author:Simon McBurney
“I had a teacher in Paris, who said that if an actor forgot what it's like to play as a child he shouldn't be an actor. I've always loved being with children. It's marvellous to see the fresh ways they see the world. Watching them look at a tree or a river helps you to understand something that's very important.” IfsWorldWayLooksChildrenSaidImportantPlayHelpingActorsTeacherTreeRiversTheatreParisMarvellous Author:Simon McBurney
“We live in an age where quantity is seen as preferable to quality, and many people tend to work in a horizontal line: next, next, next. But if you do that, you never investigate the vertical line - the depth of the piece.” PeopleIfsInspirationalAgeNextLinesWorkQualityPiecesProgressDevelopmentSelf ImprovementDepthCraftsQuantityInvestigationVerticalHorizontalHorizontal Lines Author:Simon McBurney
